On or just before Wednesday.
A large ‘orcs’ force apparently from.
The 150th Motor Rifle Division.
Attacked from multiple directions.
Aiming for the ‘elves’ stronghold.
In Kurakhivka.
It was one of the biggest assaults.
In memory in that sector.
According to the ‘elves’.
79th Air Assault Brigade.
The ‘orcs’ force included 11 tanks.
45 infantry fighting vehicles.
The ‘orcs’ force included.
A rare BMP-T tank support vehicle.
And 12 motorcycles crewed.
By several hundred soldiers.
Within hours of the dawn assault.
The ‘orcs’ were in full retreat.
Leaving behind.
Six wrecked tanks.
The ‘orcs’ were in full retreat.
Leaving behind.
Seven wrecked fighting vehicles.
And all 12 bikes.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Counted 40 dead ‘orcs’.
And 37 wounded ones.
“Kudos to you, paratroopers!”
How the ‘elves’ defeated.
The ‘orcs’ is no secret.
First, they spotted.
The attackers from the air.
“Our artillery immediately.
Started working.”
As the shells landed.
The ‘elves’ launched explosive drones.
Deployed anti-tank missileers.
And then waited for.
The ‘orcs’ to roll over.
Pre-placed minefields.
“After the knocking out of.
The first tanks and armored vehicles.
Other vehicles rushed.
To flee the battlefield.”
The brigade launched additional drones.
To hound the retreating survivors.
“The ‘orcs’ suffered.
Tremendous losses in manpower.”
Left unsaid in the 79th.
Air Assault Brigade’s description of.
Its successful defensive battle.
Is the steady leadership.
That made the victory possible.
‘Elves’ defenses held east of Kurakhivka.
Because the 79th Air Assault Brigade’s.
Subordinate units didn’t fight alone.
They fought together.
Drone crews, artillery gunners.
Missile teams and mine-laying engineers.
All working in concert.
One day after sending.
57 armored vehicles and.
A dozen bike troops.
On a doomed mission.
To break through the ‘elves’ line.
East of the ‘elves’ stronghold.
In Kurakhivka.
In eastern Ukraine.
The ‘orcs’ army tried again.
And with similar results.
The first assault on Wednesday.
Met a synchronized defense.
The smaller assault.
On Thursday.
Involving 16 vehicles.
Met the same layered defense.
—and the same fate.
The attackers turned around.
Abandoning a destroyed tank.
And two destroyed fighting vehicles.
“Twenty-three ‘orcs’ finished.
Their SVO ahead of schedule.”
The 79th Air Assault Brigade quipped.
Using the ‘orcs’ acronym.
For “special military operation”.
“Another 29 received.
Injuries of varying severity.”
The ‘elves’ brigade added.
In stark contrast to.
The Avdiivka sector 20 miles.
To the north where ‘orcs’ forces.
Are slowly pushing back.
Disorganized ‘elves’ forces.
The Kurakhivka sector is.
Becoming an attrition trap.
For the ‘orcs’.
They keep attacking.
Keep encountering.
Stiff ‘elves’ defenses.
And keep retreating.
Only to repeat.
The bloody exercise.
A few days later.
Only to repeat.
That made the victory possible.
‘Elves’ defenses held east of Kurakhivka.
Because the 79th Air Assault Brigade’s.
Subordinate units didn’t fight alone.
They fought together.
Drone crews, artillery gunners.
Missile teams and mine-laying engineers.
All working in concert.
But the twin prizes of.
Kurakhivka and Kurakhove are.
Hard for ‘orcs’ commanders.
To resist.
And the ‘orcs’ know.
Better than anyone that.
These back-to-back assaults.
Fail until they don’t.
It just takes one lucky attack.
Out of dozens to.
Achieve that first breakthrough.
That can trigger.
A gradual collapse.
Of ‘elves’ defenses.
Allowing the ‘orcs’.
To claw forward.
That’s what happened.
West of Avdiivka recently.
It’s surely what ‘orcs’ commanders hope.
Will happen east of Kurakhivka, too.
Yes, the ‘orcs’ attack on.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade’s positions.
On Wednesday ended.
In disaster for them.
So did their attack on Thursday.
But maybe the next attack will succeed.
It’s apparent.
The ‘orcs’ are willing to.
*Because I read “For Two Days In A Row, The Russians Hurled Tanks At The Ukrainian 79th Air Assault Brigade. For Two Days, The Paratroopers Held.” on 27 Jul 2024, and other article by David Axe 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 stories on the Forbes:
With Drones, Artillery, Missiles & Mines, Ukraine Halted A Huge Attack (forbes.com)
For 2 Days, Russia Hurled Tanks At Ukraine’s 79th Air Assault Brigade (forbes.com)
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