—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
In a powerful coordinated.
Strike on Friday.
The ‘elves’ military.
Bombarded ‘orcs’ bases.
In occupied Crimea.
With no fewer than.
With no fewer than.
40 deep-strike munitions.
“‘Orcs’ channels.
Are in panic.
As debris is hitting.
Targets,” an analyst reported.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
For all its mass.
And sophistication.
It appears the raid.
Was primarily a feint.
—one the ‘elves’ hope will.
Compel the ‘orcs’ to divert.
Additional air defenses.
From elsewhere along.
From elsewhere along.
The 800-mile front line.
Of ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
In that way.
The ‘elves’ attack on Crimea.
Could facilitate later ‘elves’.
Attacks that aren’t feints.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
Say, raids targeting.
‘Orcs’ command posts.
And supply lines.
In Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
—where 60,000 ‘orcs’ and.
North Korean troops.
Are counterattacking.
20,000 ‘elves’ troops.
Holding a 250-square-mile salient.
In Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
Or targeting.
Key ‘orcs’ infrastructure.
In Donetsk Oblast.
Currently the locus of.
Currently the locus of.
A powerful ‘orcs’ offensive.
That kicked off.
A year ago.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
For the Friday assault.
The ‘elves’ air force.
Intelligence directorate.
And other commands.
Assembled one of the most.
Diverse mixes of munitions.
For a single operation so far.
In the 33-month wider war.
They included British-made.
Storm Shadow cruise missiles.
Launched by air force.
Sukhoi Su-24 bombers.
Air force S-200.
Air-defense missiles.
Converted into long-range.
Surface-to-surface weapons.
Strike drones from.
The intelligence directorate.
As well as unidentified.
Ballistic missiles.
Presumably fired.
by the army.
Presumably fired.
by the army.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
The mix of weapons.
Surely complicated.
‘Orcs’ efforts to.
Defeat the attack.
‘Elves’ forces continue.
To leverage.
Western-provided weapons.
To conduct strikes.
Using more complex.
strike packages.
Against military objects.
In ‘Mordor’’s deep rear.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
The Kremlin claimed.
‘Orcs’ air defenses.
Intercepted.
25 drones.
If that’s true.
More than a dozen.
Missiles or drones.
Still got through.
Some of the ‘elves’.
Weapons reportedly.
Barreled toward.
Belbek air base.
The target of.
Repeated strikes.
Since February.
2022.
Others may have struck.
The Nakhimov Naval Academy.
Smoke was visible.
Rising from the school.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
At first blush.
It might seem wasteful.
For the ‘elves’.
To hurl so many of.
To hurl so many of.
Their best deep-strike.
Weapons against targets.
In Crimea.
The peninsula and.
The whole southern front.
Have been quiet.
In the year.
Since the fighting.
Shifted east and north.
But the Friday raid.
Was apparently.
Part of a greater plan.
“‘Elves’ defense forces.
Strikes on enemy military.
Facilities in occupied Crimea.”
“Are compelling the enemy.
To allocate additional.
Air-defense assets.
To the area,” was surmised.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
The redeployment of.
Air defenses to Crimea.
Combined with escalating.
‘Elves’ attacks.
On the ‘orcs’ air force’s.
Best S-400.
Surface-to-air missile batteries.
Could create gaps.
In air-defense coverage.
—gaps the ‘elves’ could.
Exploit in a virtuous cycle.
For the ‘elves’ campaign.
Against ‘orcs’ supply.
And command networks.
This is especially important.
For the ‘elves’ force in Kursk.
Which is fighting hard.
To hold off.
A much larger ‘orcs’.
And North Korean force.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
The ‘elves’ air force.
And army have been.
Trying to make.
An unfair fight more fair.
By blowing up.
Supply depots.
And headquarters.
In and around the oblast.
Friday’s deep strike.
In the south.
Could afford them.
More opportunities.
More opportunities.
To pluck at these.
Critical targets.
In the north.
—some coming.
In high and fast.
Others coming.
In low and slow—
*Because I read “Russians ‘Panic’ As Ukrainian Forces Fling 40 Cruise Missiles, Ballistic Missiles And Drones At Targets In Crimea” by David Axe on 1 Dec 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 report of WarTranslated, some reports of the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C., and some reports of the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Russians ‘Panic’ As Ukrainians Fling 40 Missiles & Drones At Crimea
