Month: September 2024

The ‘orcs’ are determined. To break through. ‘Elves’ lines. Outside Kurakhove.   Just west of Donetsk. In eastern Ukraine. ‘Elves’ lines. Outside Kurakhove.   On 12 September. The ‘orcs’ attacked. With 46 vehicles. —a record for that sector.   Exactly a week later. On Thursday. They broke their own record. —and attacked with 52 vehicles. […]

Back in May. ‘Elves’ developers revealed. A new armed ground robot. —the Fury.   Four months later. A Fury has fought. —and reportedly won— The type’s first major skirmish.     On or just before Thursday. One of the four-wheeled. Shopping-cart-sized. Furies assaulted a trench.   In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast. Dodging mines and. Firing its […]

In the pre-dawn hours. On Tuesday. A large flock of. ‘Elves’ drones winged north.     From Ukraine. All the way to Toropets. A town in western ‘Mordor’. That hosts the 107th Arsenal.   A sprawling ammunition dump. Feeding the ‘orcs’ force. Fighting in Ukraine. 300 miles to the south.   The arsenal exploded with. […]

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’. […]

“Five-star” is how one of. The prisoners rated his capture. “I think we were captured. Beautifully,” another said.     This summer. ‘Elves’ national guardsmen. From the 12th Azov Brigade. Liberated a small section.   Of the Kreminna Forest. In eastern Ukraine. For the most part. The brigade fought.   Like it usually fights: With […]

‘Orcs’ troops are now. Advancing towards Kurakhove. A city 35km. South of Pokrovsk.   ‘Elves’ forces in that area. Confirm the fighting. In their sectors. Has intensified lately.     This development is. Also reflected. In the daily briefings. Of ‘elves’ General Staff.   On Thursday they reported. That there were 32 clashes. In the […]

The situation is critical. An ‘elf’ military officer. In the east said. Near the front line.   South of Pokrovsk. ‘Orcs’ military strategy. Now appears. To be surrounding.   The city. Which is a key. Transportation hub. In the region.   The officer said. His military leadership. Want to hold their positions. At all costs. […]

However, ‘elf’ commander-in-chief. Says that the army has managed. To stop the ‘orcs’ advancement. Towards Pokrovsk.   A battalion commander of. The 110th brigade. Said that the front line. On the northern flank.   Of ‘orcs’ assault. On Pokrovsk. Had indeed. Been stabilised.   However, ‘orcs’ attacks. Are mostly focused on. The southern flank, he […]

Fleeing the town. She has lived. In most of her life. A woman is taking.   Just one small bag. And her two tiny kittens. Just one small bag. And her two tiny kittens.   “Look what ‘orcs’. Did to us. I worked here. For 30 years.”   “And now I am. Leaving everything behind.” […]

When ‘elves’ forces. Launched their much-heralded. —and later much-maligned— Southern counteroffensive.   In June 2023. The army’s 47th. Mechanized Brigade. Was out in front.   Struggling through. Dense ‘orcs’ minefields. In its ex-Finnish. Leopard 2R breaching vehicles.   Ex-European. Leopard 2A6 tanks. And ex-American. M-2 infantry fighting vehicles.   It was a costly. Counteroffensive for. […]