“We need everything.
And there is always a lack.
The boys are holding on.
We’re all hanging on.”
“It’s hard.
But everyone knows.
The price and.
Why it’s all being done.”
On the frontlines.
‘Elves’ soldiers use.
A graphic term.
To describe.
The ‘orcs’ tactics.
They face daily.
They call them.
“Meat assaults”:
Waves of ‘orcs’ soldiers.
Coming at their defensive positions.
Sometimes nearly a dozen times.
In a day.
Lt Col of.
The Khartia Brigade of.
‘Elves’ National Guard.
Says about “meat assaults”.
Wave after wave can arrive.
In just a few hours.
At front-line positions.
North of Kharkiv.
“The ‘orcs’ use these units.
In most cases purely.
To see where our firing equipment.
Is located.”
“And to constantly exhaust.
Our units.
Our guys stand.
In positions and fight.”
“And when four or five waves.
Of the enemy come at you.
In a day which you have to.
Destroy without end.”
“It is very difficult.
Not only physically.
But also psychologically.”
The Lt Col says.
“We need everything.
And there is always a lack.
The boys are holding on.
We’re all hanging on.”
“It’s hard.
But everyone knows.
The price and.
Why it’s all being done.”
Those attacking are normally.
Quickly spotted by drones above.
And the ‘orcs’ leave their dead.
And wounded on the battlefield.
“Their main task is.
Simply meat assaults.
And our total exhaustion.”
The tactic is a sign.
That ‘Mordor’ is seeking.
To make the most of.
Its key advantage.
– numbers.
“We need everything.
And there is always a lack.
The boys are holding on.
We’re all hanging on.”
“It’s hard.
But everyone knows.
The price and.
Why it’s all being done.”
For him the ability.
To strike into ‘Mordor’.
May have been vital.
But he now sees.
His enemy adapting.
Its tactics.
And not just with.
“Meat assaults”.
His losses now come from.
Mortars and glide bombs.
While his ‘elves’ forces.
Remain short of ammunition.
“We need everything.
And there is always a lack.
The boys are holding on.
We’re all hanging on.”
“It’s hard.
But everyone knows.
The price and.
Why it’s all being done.”
*Because I read “Ukraine calls them meat assaults: Russia’s brutal plan to take ground” by Gordon Corera on 4 Jul 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, as a story of Anton Bayev.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Ukraine war: Russia’s ‘meat assaults’ batter Ukraine’s defences (bbc.com)
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