The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
On July 24.
The ‘elves’ 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Holding the line outside.
The town of Kurakhivka.
In eastern Ukraine.
Repelled one of the biggest.
‘Orcs’ attacks of the year.
—a mass assault.
By 11 tanks.
45 infantry fighting vehicles.
A rare BMP-T tank.
Support vehicle.
And 12 motorcycles.
Crewed by.
Several hundred soldiers.
A mass assault.
Laying mines.
Launching drones.
Lobbing artillery and.
Firing anti-tank missiles.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Destroyed six tanks.
Seven fighting vehicles.
And all 12 bikes.
The brigade counted.
40 dead ‘orcs’ and.
37 wounded ones.
The brigade counted.
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
Three months later.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Is still swatting away.
‘Orcs’ attacks in the same area.
These attacks are much smaller.
As the ‘orcs’ have shifted.
Their main offensive effort.
15 miles to the north.
Aiming to capture.
The fortress city.
Of Pokrovsk.
But the small victories still matter.
‘Elves’ forces are stretched.
Thin all along the 700-mile.
Front line of ‘orcs’.
32-month wider war on Ukraine.
They’re defending.
In southern and eastern Ukraine.
While also trying to hold onto.
A 300-square-mile salient.
They’ve carved out.
Of ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
Just north of.
The ‘Mordor’-Ukraine border.
The fragility of ‘elves’ lines.
Is evident in the small.
But meaningful gains.
The ‘orcs’ have made.
In various sectors.
In recent months.
In addition to.
Advancing on Pokrovsk.
The ‘orcs’ have marched.
Into the eastern city.
Of Toretsk and also.
Finally captured.
Finally captured.
The eastern town.
Of Vuhledar after.
Two years of trying.
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
In this context.
Merely preventing an ‘orcs’ advance.
Counts as a significant win.
For the ‘elves’.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Seems to appreciate.
Its victories.
However modest.
When a solitary ‘orcs’ tank.
Fitted with anti-drone cage armor.
And a front-mounted mine-roller.
Approached the ‘elves’ paratroopers.
Apparently on Friday.
The paratroopers fired.
An American-made Javelin.
Anti-tank missile.
—and then celebrated.
—and then celebrated.
The grisly results.
On social media.
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
Struck by a Javelin.
That lonely ‘orcs’ tank.
Began burning.
From the inside.
All three crew.
Bailed out.
One engulfed.
In flames.
The unburned tankers.
Tried to extinguish the fire.
Consuming their comrade.
—but then the tank exploded.
“Everyone went negative.”
One ‘elf’ blogger reported.
That’s slang for.
“They died.”
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
It’s hard, dangerous work.
Getting into position.
For a clean Javelin shot.
Anti-tank teams must lie in wait.
Patiently track targets.
As far as 1.5 miles away.
Fire a missile and.
Then flee—fast.
A 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Javelin shooter explained.
In February.
“If, after your first launch.”
“If, after your first launch.
The enemy discovers you.
They’ll throw everything at you.”
“They’ll throw everything at you.”
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
The ‘elves’ air assault forces.
Assign some of their most.
Aggressive troopers.
To anti-tank teams.
The ones who figure out.
How to survive can.
Rack up staggering numbers.
Of vehicle kills.
A 79th Air Assault Brigade missileer.
Destroyed 40 ‘orcs’ vehicles.
In 18 months.
Starting in 2022.
Another one of the brigade’s.
Javelin shooters.
Hit four vehicles.
In one skirmish in January.
Taking out just.
One tank is.
Less impressive.
But for the outnumbered.
But for the outgunned.
Defenders of eastern Ukraine.
Even small victories.
Are preferable to.
The likely alternative:
Defeat and retreat.
The likely alternative:
Defeat and retreat.
The 50-pound, infrared-guided.
Javelin is one of the best.
Anti-tank missiles.
In the world.
And the missileers from.
The 79th Air Assault Brigade.
Are some of the world’s most.
Experienced Javelin shooters.
*Because I read “Firing Javelin Missiles And Lighting At Least One Russian On Fire, Ukrainian Paratroopers Hang On In An Eastern Town” by David Axe on 18 Oct 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, including a story of Valeriya, a story of Gagauz, and a story of Junior Sergeant ‘Grey-Haired’ Andrii H..
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Firing Javelins, Ukrainian Paratroops Hang On In An Eastern Town
**My friend kindly shows you this poem in one page of the Ukrainian website for their children and others!
Kurama (Japan). 33 poems about the russian invasion of Ukraine (2024 events) – Мала Сторінка
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