For at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
‘Orcs’ troops.
Gathered out.
In the open.
For training.
Or inspection.
Within range of.
‘Elves’ American-made.
Artillery rockets.
And for at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
‘Elves’ batteries hit.
The assembled ‘orcs’.
With rockets.
Packed with.
Hundreds of.
Grenade-sized submunitions.
—inflicting awful carnage.
In an instant.
For at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
And for at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
The most recent strike.
Apparently took place.
This week.
At what seems to be.
An outdoor shooting range.
Just outside.
The Petrovskiy district.
Of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
15 miles.
From the front line.
A video from the aftermath.
Of the attack depicts.
At least a dozen.
Dead ‘orcs’ troops.
Plus wrecked vehicles.
Strongly implying.
The ‘elves’ rocket or rockets.
—likely GPS-guided.
M30/31s fired by wheeled.
High-Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems—
Rained down.
As the ‘orcs’ were training.
It’s happened before.
—and in the same area.
For at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
And for at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
There’s a roughly.
100-square-mile patch.
Of Donetsk Oblast.
South of Donetsk city.
Where there’s a high concentration.
Of ‘orcs’ troops.
—and a lot of lazy.
‘Orcs’ commanders.
‘Elves’ HIMARS have struck.
‘Orcs’ training grounds.
In this area.
At least three times.
Since February.
Killing around 100 people.
In this area.
At least three times.
Two more ‘elves’.
Rocket strikes.
In the same period.
—one each in southern.
And northeastern Ukraine—
Added at least another.
150 trainees.
To the death toll.
For at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
And for at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
How the ‘elves’ army.
Has pulled off.
These strikes.
Is no secret.
Drones are everywhere.
All the time.
Tens of miles.
In both directions.
Along the 700-mile.
Front line of.
‘Orcs’ 30-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
And all of.
‘Orcs’-occupied Ukraine is.
Within the 57-mile range.
Of M30/31 rocket.
Within the 57-mile range.
Of the 650-pound
M30/31 rocket.
Or within the 190-mile range.
Or within the 190-mile range.
Of the 3,700-pound.
M39 rocket fired by.
‘Elves’ tracked M270 launchers.
For at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
And for at least.
The fifth time.
In a little more than.
Six months.
Ever-present drones.
“Are making it difficult.
To concentrate forces.”
Wrote a fellow.
Guided rockets make.
Those concentrations.
Potentially fatal.
For the troops involved.
‘Orcs’ troops.
Gathered out.
In the open.
For training.
Or inspection.
Within range of.
‘Elves’ American-made.
Artillery rockets.
‘Elves’ batteries hit.
The assembled ‘orcs’.
With rockets.
Packed with.
Hundreds of.
Grenade-sized submunitions.
—inflicting awful carnage.
In an instant.
*Because I read “A Bunch Of Russian Troops Got Together for Target Practice Just 15 Miles From The Front Line In Ukraine. Then They Became The Targets.” by David Axe on 17 Sep 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 and more:
Russian Troops Got Together for Training 15 Miles From The Front Line (forbes.com)
Drones are Transforming the Battlefield in Ukraine But in an Evolutionary Fashion – War on the Rocks
