For months, ‘elves’ officials.
Have been begging.
Their foreign allies for permission.
To use the best donated weaponry.
—in particular.
Powerful ballistic missiles—
To hit ‘orcs’ warplanes.
That have been parking out.
In the open.
At airfields inside ‘Mordor’.
Within quick flying time.
Of ‘elves’ cities.
For months, those allies.
Have demurred.
Citing the risk.
Of escalation.
As ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
Grinds into.
Its 29th month.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
Clearly growing impatient.
‘Elves’ forces have stepped up.
Their attacks on the most.
Vulnerable ‘orcs’ airfields.
—strictly deploying.
‘Elves’-made munitions.
On Saturday.
‘Elves’ drones targeted.
Morozovsk air base.
In southern ‘Mordor’.
200 miles from the front line.
In eastern Ukraine.
According to the ‘elves’ intelligence directorate.
The drone raid destroyed.
An ‘orcs’ air force Sukhoi.
Su-34 fighter-bomber.
Damaged two additional.
Su-34s and.
Burned down.
An ammunition warehouse.
The directorate published.
Satellite imagery of.
The base depicting.
What it described as.
“Extensive areas of scorched earth”.
Resulting from the ammo.
Cooking off in the aftermath.
Of the attack.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
This isn’t the first attack.
On Morozovsk.
But it is one of.
The most destructive.
It’s a bittersweet victory.
For the ‘elves’, however.
Similar raids.
Are getting harder.
To pull off.
As the ‘orcs’ redeploy.
Their warplanes to.
Less vulnerable bases.
It’s obvious what.
The ‘elves’ intelligence directorate.
Is trying to achieve.
By targeting Morozovsk.
By targeting Morozovsk.
And other airfields.
Near the ‘Mordor’-Ukraine border.
The directorate hopes.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
Since dropping its first.
Crude glide bombs.
On Ukraine.
Last year.
The ‘orcs’ air force.
Has really embraced.
The satellite-guided munitions.
Thanks to their pop-out wings.
The hastily-built “KAB”.
Glide bombs possess.
Just enough range to allow.
Su-34 fighter-bombers.
To hit ‘elves’ troops.
And civilians.
From beyond the range of.
The best ‘elves’ air defenses.
Every day.
The ‘orcs’ drop.
As many as 100 KABs.
Some weighing more than three tons.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
“Unfortunately.
In urban environments.
Their large and frequent use.
Is highly effective.”
“Even though.
They are often imprecise.
The sheer payload is enough to.
Demolish or severely damage buildings.”
“Even if.
The KAB doesn’t.
Hit the target directly.”
A report continued.
“When buildings collapse.
Underground basements.
Trap people inside.
Making rescue operations impossible.”
“Especially when.
The ‘orcs’ conduct.
Double and.
Triple-tap attacks.”
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
As urban demolition weapons.
The KABs have been.
A deciding factor in practically.
Every recent ‘orcs’ victory.
A deciding factor in practically.
Every recent ‘orcs’ victory.
All along.
The 700-mile front line.
“In the past.
Like in the battle.
For Bakhmut last year.
It sometimes took days.”
“For ‘orcs’ artillery.
To damage buildings.
Enough to force defenders.
To retreat.”
“Now, entire buildings.
Can collapse in seconds.
Rendering them useless.
For defensive purposes.”
It’s a top priority.
Of the government in Kyiv.
To blunt the glide-bombing campaign.
By destroying the bombers.
To blunt the glide-bombing campaign.
By destroying the bombers.
By destroying the bombs.
—or both.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
There was a rare opportunity.
To deliver a major blow.
Against the KAB infrastructure.
Earlier this summer.
When the ‘orcs’ air force’s.
47th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment.
Parked dozens of Su-34s.
—out of roughly 100 in service—
In open.
At Voronezh Malshevo air base.
In southern ‘Mordor’ 100 miles.
From the border with Ukraine.
Voronezh Malshevo is.
A reasonably well-defended base.
So the ‘elves’ pleaded.
For permission.
To fire their best.
American-made.
Army Tactical Missile System rockets.
At the base.
The ATACMS are.
Almost impossible.
To intercept.
But the USA said no.
As before, Ukraine.
Would only be allowed.
To fire ATACMS at targets.
In ‘orcs’-occupied Ukraine.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
The ‘orcs’ observed.
the heated diplomacy.
Regarding ATACMS.
—and made.
A rare proactive decision.
To pull the Su-34s.
From Voronezh Malshevo.
And other border airfields.
“Between the second half of June.
And mid-July.
‘Orcs’ forces relocated.
A lion’s share.”
“Of valuable military assets.
Away from the border area.
With Ukraine.”
The report noted.
The departure of Su-34s.
From Voronezh Malshevo.
Was among.
“The most notable movements.”
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
Today many of the Su-34s.
Are at bases.
Hundreds of miles.
From the border.
They’re not invulnerable.
To ‘elves’ drones.
—the farthest-flying models.
Range more than 1,000 miles.
But they are safe.
From most ‘elves’ drones.
As well as from.
The ATACMS.
The most powerful of which.
Range just 190 miles.
If the USA ever grants.
Permission for ATACMS.
Raids on ‘orcs’ bases.
It might be too late.
The most valuable targets.
May be too far away.
To destroy the key enablers.
Of ‘orcs’ glide-bombing campaign:
The warplanes that carry the bombs.
As well as the bombs themselves.
Obviously, a handful.
Of Su-34s.
—as well as some stocks.
Of KAB bombs—
Remain at border airfields.
Such as Morozovsk:
Ukraine just hit three of.
The planes plus their ammo.
But to end.
The glide-bombing campaign.
Ukraine needs to destroy.
Scores of Su-34s.
—not one or several.
And smarter ‘orcs’.
Deployments are making.
That harder to achieve.
For months, ‘elves’ officials.
Have been begging.
Their foreign allies for permission.
To use the best donated weaponry.
*Because I read “Ukraine Had A Chance To Blow Up Russia’s Best Warplanes On The Tarmac. The White House Said No—And Now It’s Too Late.” by David Axe on 5 Aug 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:
Ukraine Had A Chance To Hit Russia’s Best Jets. The USA Said No. (forbes.com)
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