She said: “We lived.
Under occupation in 2022.
I don’t want to be.
Under occupation again.”
They had fled the village of Liptsy.
Near to where ‘orcs’ forces.
Have also made another incursion.
Across the border.
They packed their belongings.
Including two dogs.
Into an old rusting Lada car.
And made the journey to Kharkiv.
Her husband had wanted.
To stay “because everything.
We had would be lost”.
If she, her husband and mother left.
However, she said.
They were told by.
The local administration to leave.
Or risk being stranded.
She said: “We lived.
Under occupation in 2022.
I don’t want to be.
Under occupation again.”
‘Elves’ army has acknowledged.
‘Orcs’ troops have had.
Some “tactical success”.
But in an evening statement.
‘Mordor’ had lost more than.
100 soldiers since the start of the day.
Adding that ‘elves’ forces.
Were restoring old positions.
Kharkiv regional head.
Described the situation as.
“Quite complicated” with ‘Mordor’.
Continuing to advance.
Nearly 6,000 people.
Have already been evacuated.
30 settlements had been struck.
By mortar or artillery shelling.
She said: “We lived.
Under occupation in 2022.
I don’t want to be.
Under occupation again.”
*Because I read “Russia says troops enter border town near Kharkiv” by Jonathan Beale & Doug Faulkner on 13 May 2024, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, including a story of Nadia.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Kharkiv fighting intensifies as Russia says troops enter Vovchansk (bbc.com)
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