WAKA is 'the music of the Primes'.

Desperate to shore up.

‘Elves’ defenses around.

Pokrovsk, a city with.

A pre-war population of 60,000.

 

And an important logistics hub.

25 miles west of the ruins.

Of Avdiivka.

In eastern Ukraine.

 

The ‘elves’ national guard.

Has deployed one of its.

Handful of offensive brigades.

—the Kara-Dag Brigade.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

The movement of.

The approximately.

2,000-person brigade.

From its normal position.

 

In southern Ukraine.

To an unfamiliar battlefield.

In the east.

To an unfamiliar battlefield.

 

Underscores the urgency.

Of ‘elves’ problems.

Between Avdiivka.

And Pokrovsk.

 

Since routing the ammunition-starved.

‘Elves’ garrison in Avdiivka.

In mid-February following.

A brutal, five-month siege.

 

‘Orcs’ brigades and.

Regiments have been.

Steadily advancing.

Toward Pokrovsk.

 

“The backbone of.

‘Elves’ logistics.

In Donetsk Oblast.

Is under threat.”

 

A report explained.

Pokrovsk “has become.

A key delivery and.

Railroad distribution hub.”

 

“Facilitating the supply.

Of ‘elves’ forces.

Across a broad front line.”

“Across a broad front line.”

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

As the ‘orcs’ advance.

Accelerated in August.

The general staff in Kyiv.

Finally did something about it.

 

It sent some reinforcements.

To the Pokrovsk axis.

To join the half-dozen.

Mechanized, air assault and.

 

National guard brigades.

That were already in the sector.

The Kara-Dag Brigade was.

Among these fresh forces.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

Formed in 2014.

Reorganized several times.

Bloodied in combat.

In 2022.

 

And then bolstered with.

Additional heavy weaponry.

—including T-64 tanks—

The Kara-Dag Brigade is.

 

The Kara-Dag Brigade is.

Representative of.

The national guard’s.

Offensive brigades.

 

Normally a paramilitary.

Policing force.

The exigencies of war.

have forced.

 

The brigade to fight.

Like an army brigade.

The brigade to fight.

Like an army brigade.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

The ‘elves’ national guard’s.

Website tells volunteers.

They’ll be able to choose.

Which part of the country.

 

They’ll garrison.

That may have been possible.

During a less chaotic period of.

‘Orcs’ 29-month wider war on Ukraine.

 

When national guard brigades.

Tended to fight.

In just one region.

In just one region.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

The Kara-Dag Brigade.

Is a southern brigade.

It fought north of.

The southern city of Melitopol.

 

In the early days.

Of the wider war.

And pretty much stayed in.

The same area for two years.

 

But “we guarantee combat.

Clashes on the front line.”

The national guard promises.

Recruits on its website.

 

—and as the wider war.

Grinds into third year.

The heaviest fighting.

Is in the east.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

But sending in the Kara-Dag Brigade.

Hasn’t halted the ‘orcs’ advance.

Many ‘elves’ troops who weren’t.

Already manning some trench.

 

Somewhere have joined.

‘Elves’ surprise invasion.

Of ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.

Even so.

 

There should be a few.

Uncommitted brigades.

Somewhere in Ukraine.

Right now.

 

Out of a total.

Ground combat force of.

Around 100 brigades.

Why isn’t Ukraine?

 

Why isn’t Ukraine?

Rushing those forces?

To Pokrovsk to save?

The city’s vital supply lines?

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

In adding forces to Kursk.

While withholding them.

From Pokrovsk.

‘Elves’ leaders are gambling.

 

That the gains from.

Their surprise invasion.

In the north matter.

More to the war’s outcome.

 

Than their potential losses.

In the east.

It’s an extremely.

Risky gamble.

 

For three months.

A clutch of ‘orcs’ army.

Motor rifle regiments.

Has been trying to capture.

 

The town of Selydove.

Eight miles southeast of.

The fortress city of Pokrovsk.

In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

And it’s only getting worse.

As the ‘orcs’ battle.

Their way toward.

Central Selydove.

 

On October 6.

Advancing ‘orcs’ troops overran.

A position in the town.

Held by the ‘elves’ national guard’s.

 

Kara Dag Brigade.

—and captured four guardsmen.

The ‘orcs’ recorded.

The prisoners under interrogation.

 

The next day.

The Kara Dag Brigade.

Counterattacked and.

Retook the overrun position.

 

There, they discovered.

The bodies of the four.

Captured guardsmen.

“The killing of prisoners of war.”

 

“Is a gross violation of.

The Geneva Conventions.

And is classified as.

A grave international crime.”

 

The ‘elves’ Office of.

The Prosecutor General stated.

‘Orcs’ troops have executed.

More than 100 ‘elves’ prisoners.

 

Since ‘orcs’ widened its war.

On Ukraine 32 months ago.

The frequency of the atrocities.

Has increased as ‘orcs’ losses.

 

Along the 700-mile front line.

Have spiked to more than.

1,000 a day.

On average.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

If the ‘orcs’ are going to.

Surround Pokrovsk, instead of.

Directly assaulting it.

They’ll have to capture Selydove.

 

That explains why ‘Mordor’.

Has been willing to accept.

Heavy losses in the units.

Attacking Selydove.

 

Including the 433rd.

Motor Rifle Regiment.

The ‘orcs’ central grouping of forces.

“Is likely to capture Selydove.”

 

“In the coming days.

But the occupation of the city.

Does not mean.

The capture of Pokrovsk.”

 

Was predicted on Thursday.

“It will lead to the depletion.

Of the assault group.

Reducing its combat effectiveness.”

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

But ‘Mordor’ has been recruiting.

30,000 fresh troops a month.

To make good its losses.

In Ukraine.

 

And thousands of North Korean troops.

Have begun deploying in Kursk.

Freeing up ‘orcs’ forces.

In that oblast.

 

To redeploy to other sectors.

Potentially including.

The Selydove-Pokrovsk axis.

At the same time.

 

The ‘elves’ defense ministry is.

Struggling to mobilize more than.

20,000 fresh troops a month.

Slowing if not halting.

 

A desperately needed expansion.

Of its ground combat forces.

The situation was so dire.

Late this summer that.

 

Commanders in Kyiv.

Had no choice but to send.

Most of the national guard’s.

Seven offensive brigades.

 

Including the Kara Dag brigade.

To the front.

Including the Kara Dag brigade.

To the front.

 

The national guard belongs to.

‘Elves’ interior ministry.

Not the military—and normally.

Handles internal security tasks.

 

That the interior ministry has.

Had to send its forces into.

Direct combat speaks to the extent of.

The defense ministry’s manpower problems.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

Launching explosive drones.

And fighting.

City block by city block.

In its Kozak armored trucks.

 

The Kara Dag Brigade slowed.

The attacking ‘orcs’.

Motor rifle regiments from.

The 2nd Combined Arms Army.

 

—but didn’t halt them.

And on Saturday.

An ‘orcs’ force reportedly.

Cut south of Selydove.

 

Advanced quickly along.

A defunct railroad.

And reached the edge of.

The village of Vyshneve.

 

If the ‘orcs’ can.

Capture Vyshneve.

They could partially.

Encircle Selydove.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

“‘Elves’ forces are holding.

Their positions in Vyshneve.”

Was reported on Saturday.

But their hold may be tenuous.

 

Shrugging off the loss of.

More than a thousand troops.

Every day.

The ‘orcs’ military is taking.

 

Advantage of the ‘elves’.

Military’s manpower crisis.

And advancing along.

Several axes in the east.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

It’s a standard ‘orcs’ tactic.

To partially encircle.

A fortified settlement.

In order to compel.

 

The defenders to withdraw.

It happened recently in Vuhledar.

A former ‘elves’ stronghold.

33 miles south of Pokrovsk.

 

Where a weary ‘elves’ brigade.

Had held out for two years.

Before a bigger ‘orcs’ force.

Finally flanked it.

 

That there are ‘orcs’.

On the outskirts of Vyshneve.

Means the ‘elves’ in Selydove.

Including the surviving.

 

Including the surviving.

Kara Dag Brigade guardsmen.

Are probably making.

Plans to withdraw.

 

 

It’s been a brutal.

And bloody fight.

For both sides.

And it’s only getting worse.

 

 

Pokrovsk is still.

The objective for the ‘orcs’.

2nd Combined Arms Army.

—and for a good reason.

 

It’s the southern anchor of.

A so-called “fortress belt” of.

Free cities stretching south.

From Slovyansk.

 

But Pokrovsk is.

But Pokrovsk is.

A much harder target.

Than Selydove.

 

 

*Because I read “Desperate To Save Pokrovsk, The Ukrainian National Guard Has Deployed One Of Its Few Offensive Brigades” by David Axe on 30 Aug 2024 on the Forbes, and more, 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:

To Save Pokrovsk, Ukraine’s National Guard Sent An Offensive Brigade

Marching Into Selydove, Russian Troops Execute 4 Ukrainian Prisoners

Russian Troops Are Trying To Surround A Ukrainian Brigade In Selydove

 

 

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