Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
On Friday.
The 10-year-old.
Rostov-on-Don.
Was in the port.
Of Sevastopol.
In ‘orcs’-occupied Crimea.
When an ‘elves’ missile.
Apparently streaked in.
“As a result.
Of the attack.
The submarine sank.”
The ‘elf’ defense ministry claimed.
“Great work, warriors.”
The ministry added.
“The Black Sea fish will.
Enjoy their new home.”
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
But even after its.
Last few big ships sank.
To the bottom of.
The Black Sea.
The ‘elves’ navy kept fighting.
Often coordinating.
Its attacks with.
The ‘elves’ air force.
Striking with drone boats.
And cruise missiles.
The ‘elves’ destroyed or damaged.
A third of the ‘orcs’ ships.
—including their flagship.
The missile cruiser Moskva.
Sunk by a pair of ‘elves’.
Missiles in April 2022.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
Rostov-on-Don.
Was a recent victim on 13 Sep.
An ‘elves’ air force Sukhoi.
Su-24 bomber fired.
What were probably.
British-made Storm Shadow.
Cruise missiles.
At Sevastopol.
Striking Rostov-on-Don.
And a neighboring amphibious ship.
While the two vessels were.
In drydock for maintenance.
The missile that hit.
Rostov-on-Don didn’t just.
Damage the 240-foot.
3,100-ton vessel.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
No, the missile’s two-part.
Tandem warhead first punched.
A hole in the submarine.
And then exploded inside.
Photos from the aftermath.
Of the raid revealed.
Extensive internal.
And external damage.
Incredibly.
The ‘orcs’ kept.
Working on.
Rostov-on-Don.
Clearly determined.
To return.
The devastated vessel.
To front-line service.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
Work continued.
Even as the rest of.
The Black Sea Fleet.
Retreated from.
The increasingly vulnerable.
Crimean ports.
And redeployed to ports.
In southern ‘Mordor’.
By this summer.
The Kilo-class submarine was.
All but alone.
In Sevastopol.
Her hull patched up.
She reportedly left drydock.
In June for tentative trials.
In the harbor.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
These trials may have been.
Ongoing when the ‘elves’.
Targeted Rostov-on-Don.
A second time.
—perhaps with another Storm Shadow.
Or possibly with a similar.
French-made SCALP-EG missile.
Or a locally-made Neptune missile.
The defense ministry.
In Kyiv.
Expressed confidence.
In the results.
“An ‘orcs’ submarine.
Went to the bottom of.
The Black Sea.”
“Great work, warriors.”
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
It was reportedly.
One of four submarines.
Operated by ‘orcs’.
Black Sea fleet.
Capable of launching.
Kalibr cruise missiles.
The ‘orc’ defence ministry.
Has not commented.
Officials in Kyiv said.
The attack also destroyed.
Four S-400.
Air defence systems.
Protecting the peninsula.
Which ‘Mordor’.
Illegally annexed.
In 2014.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
“The destruction of.
Rostov-on-Don.
Once again proves that.
There is no safe place.”
“For the ‘orcs’ fleet.
In the ‘elves’.
Territorial waters.
Of the Black Sea.”
One general staff.
In Kyiv said.
In a statement.
On Saturday.
It marks the latest attack.
On ‘orcs’ naval forces.
In Sevastopol.
In recent months.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
In March alone.
Ukraine said it hit.
Two landing ships and.
A patrol vessel in the port city.
Since ‘Mordor’ launched.
Its unprovoked invasion.
Of Ukraine.
In February 2022.
It has suffered several.
Major naval setbacks.
Ukraine says it has.
Seriously damaged or sunk.
At least 15.
Warships, including.
The Black Sea fleet’s.
Flagship, the Moskva.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
Last week ‘elves’.
Military said.
‘Mordor’ had been forced.
To withdraw.
All of its naval assets.
From the Sea of Azov.
– a body of water connected.
To the Black Sea –
Due to repeated strikes.
On its vessels.
And ‘orcs’ internal security service.
The FSB, recently said.
It foiled an ‘elves’ plot.
To destroy its last.
Remaining aircraft carrier.
The Admiral Kuznetsov.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
Not once.
An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class.
Diesel-electric submarine.
Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s.
Black Sea Fleet.
Rostov-on-Don.
Is so unlucky that.
She got blown up.
But reportedly twice.
Both times.
It seems.
By ‘elves’.
Cruise missiles.
*Because I read “It’s Possible A Ukrainian Missile Blew Up Russia’s ‘Rostov-On-Don’ Submarine—For The Second Time In 11 Months” by David Axe on 3 Aug 2024 on the Forbes, “Ukraine says it sank Russian submarine in Crimea” by Matt Murphy on 4 Aug 2024 on the BBC news, 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, and on the BBC news:
A Missile Maybe Blew Up Russia’s ‘Rostov-On-Don’ Sub—For The 2nd Time (forbes.com)
Ukraine claims Russian Rostov-on-Don submarine sunk in Crimea (bbc.com)
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