Struggling to acquire enough.
New armored vehicles to replace.
The roughly 16,000 vehicles.
It has lost in Ukraine.
The ‘orcs’ military got.
Desperate this spring.
It began equipping assault troops.
With inexpensive dirt bikes.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
Sometimes, it works.
While ‘orcs’ northern offensive.
Which kicked off.
On 9 May.
Quickly ground to a halt.
In the town of Vovchansk.
A few miles south of.
The ‘Mordor’-Ukraine border.
The nearly 500,000-person.
‘Orcs’ force in Ukraine.
Has managed to advance a few miles.
In a couple of sectors in recent weeks.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
Usually, however.
The bike assaults don’t work.
A result that wouldn’t surprise.
The various European armies.
That experimented with.
Assault motorcycles.
During and right after.
World War I.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
And sometimes.
The bike assaults.
Turn into bloodbaths.
For the ‘orcs’.
On 28 June.
A large group of assault bikers.
Dozens, it seems.
Attacked the ‘elves’ army.
The 72nd.
Mechanized Brigade.
In Vuhledar.
In southern Ukraine.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
According to an ‘orc’ correspondent.
The goal was to get around.
The ‘elves’ position in order to cut it off.
“A blow to the ‘elves’ in the back.
Or rather from the rear.
Is brewing there.”
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
It wasn’t to be.
The ‘elves’ struck the ‘orcs’ column.
Which also included.
T-80 tanks and other armored vehicles.
With drones and —it seems—.
Missiles and artillery.
Buried mines may have added.
To the destruction.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
When the smoke cleared.
The ‘orcs’ force was in ruins.
The 72nd.
Mechanized Brigade claimed.
It knocked out.
16 tanks.
34 fighting vehicles.
And 19 bikes.
And killed or badly wounded.
More than 800 ‘orcs’ troops.
The 72nd.
Mechanized Brigade claimed.
The theory is that.
Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes.
Might outrace the thousands.
Of tiny ‘elves’ drones.
That swarm over.
The 700-mile front line.
Every day of ‘orcs’ 28-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
Tragically for the ‘orcs’.
The Vuhledar bike assault.
Wasn’t the only failed bike assault.
In late June or early July.
On Monday.
An analyst tallied.
25 destroyed ‘orcs’ motorcycles.
From recent battles.
*Because I read “Dozens Of Russians Attacked Vuhledar On Dirt Bikes. A Ukrainian Brigade Blew Up 19 Of Them.” by David Axe on 3 Jul 2024 on the Forbes, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022 on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Dozens Of Russians Attacked On Dirt Bikes; A Ukrainian Unit Blew Up 19 (forbes.com)
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