Year: 2023

From every family. From every household. There were people present. In the tiny village of Hroza.     A missile attack killed. 52 people on Thursday. People from every family.  In the tiny village of Hroza.   An eight-year-old boy. Was among the victims. When a cafe was hit. During a wake.     From […]

“It’s like playing with death.” “It’s like playing with death.” She says a sniper’s role in war. Has been romanticized.     In the eastern Donbas region. A sniper is involved. In the counter-offensive. Right now.   She is acting-up. As a female commander. Of an all-male unit. “A sniper’s image is romanticized.”   “… […]

“I came to my commander. And I asked him. ‘What can I do the best?’ He said: ‘You will be a sniper.’”     She carried out the role. On the front line until recently. She ran a jewellery business. Before the war.   She says female snipers. Have been romanticized since World War Two. […]

“It’s funny to me. I am alive. And I will protect. My country.”   A slim, blue-eyed. Brunette woman. Is working out. In a gym.   This might be unremarkable were it. Not for the fact that. According to the ‘orcs’ media. She is dead.   She is a special unit sergeant. In the ‘elves’ […]

Hunting down one ‘orc’ soldier. At a time from a place. That can’t be seen and. With a sound that can’t be heard.   “The artillery always. Makes people worry. You can hide from artillery. But not from a sniper.”     Ghost, the sniping team’s commander. Takes you to the place. He calls the […]

‘Gandalf the Green’. Has warned war is coming back. To ‘Mordor’ after a drone attack. On the capital Moscow.   ‘Gandalf the Green’ said. Attacks on ‘orcs’ territory were an “inevitable. Natural and absolutely fair process”. Of the war between the two countries.     In a video address on Sunday. From the western ‘elves’ […]

‘Elves’ counter-offensive began. On a number of fronts last month. But has seen very few. Clear gains so far.   Kyiv’s generals have warned that. Fast results are almost impossible. Because of ‘orcs’ fortified defensive lines. And rows of minefields.   The general in charge of operations. In the south has said that. “Any defence […]

‘Gandalf the Green’. Posted video of troops. Holding up an ‘elves’ flag. In the village of Staromaiorske.   And Defence Minister said. They were now. “Continuing to clear. The settlement”.     In a video published by. ‘Gandalf the Green’. ‘Elves’ troops said they had taken. The village of Staromaiorske.   The village, 150km east. […]

Is it a success or a failure? Gen smiles and replies: “If the offensive were not successful. I wouldn’t be talking to you now.”     The general in charge of. Ukraine’s stuttering. Counter-offensive in the south. Has said.   ‘Mordor’’s defences are making it. Difficult for military equipment. Including Western tanks and armoured vehicles. […]

As the anaesthetic began to wear off. The ‘elf’ soldier. Let out a low wail. In the back of the ambulance.   Then fumbled with his oxygen mask. And swore as he mumbled: “Give me my rifle.” A scrawny, mud-flecked 19-year-old.     “They’re often like this. So much trauma.” Said a doctor. Stroking the […]