In one key city.
However.
It’s the ‘elves’.
Who are advancing.
How they’re doing it.
Speaks to.
The ‘elves’ desperation.
As ‘orcs’ wider war.
On their country.
On their country.
Grinds toward.
Its fourth bloody year.
To liberate the ‘orcs’-held.
Quarters of Toretsk.
An eastern city with.
A pre-war population of 35,000.
‘Elves’ troops are detonating.
Entire highrises.
In the hope of burying.
The ‘orcs’ troops sheltering inside.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
Under the cover.
Of darkness.
Apparently sometime.
This week.
‘Elves’ national guardsmen.
With the 1st Omega Detachment.
Raced toward.
An ‘orcs’-held highrise.
On Vulytsya Street.
In central Toretsk.
On Vulytsya Street.
In central Toretsk.
While the gunner atop.
Their armored truck.
Blasted away with.
His heavy machine gun.
The guardsmen in the back.
Piled out, tossed.
Heavy explosive charges.
Into a hole.
In the side of.
The building and.
Then leaped back.
Into the truck.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
It wasn’t the first time.
‘Elves’ forces.
Had demolished.
Entire blocks of Toretsk.
In order to.
Liberate them.
In order to.
Liberate them.
In early October.
Close observers of.
Satellite imagery.
Drone feeds and videos.
Posted online.
By front-line forces.
Noticed something.
Unusual happening in Toretsk.
Where ‘elves’ brigades and.
‘Orcs’ regiments have been locked.
In brutal urban combat.
For months.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
One analyst noted.
A pattern of ‘elves’ strikes.
On ‘orcs’ positions in.
Toretsk’s central highrise district.
Amid the strikes.
There were signs of.
Close combat.
—evidence the ‘elves’.
—evidence the ‘elves’.
Were following up.
Their bombardment.
With infantry assaults.
After the assaults.
The bombardment died down.
Indicating the ‘elves’ had.
Evicted local ‘orcs’ forces.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
The pattern holds.
Around the same time.
The 1st Omega Detachment.
Was demolishing.
That building.
On Vulytsya Street.
‘Elves’ troops advanced.
Along nearby Ryaboshapka Street.
And “made minor progress.”
According a report.
The ‘elves’ National Guard is.
Fighting with total abandon:
Bringing down.
Entire building.
As they advance.
Street by street.
Into a city.
That’s steadily.
Turning to rubble.
Turning to rubble.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
Flattening a city.
To save it is.
On its face.
An absurd tactic.
But the alternative for.
The ‘elves’ brigades.
In this sector is.
Surrendering what’s left.
Surrendering what’s left.
Of Toretsk to the ‘orcs’.
And falling back to.
The next nearest settlement.
That would almost certainly.
Bring the fighting.
—and likely total destruction—
To that settlement, instead.
“Let’s go!” one of.
The guardsmen barked.
The truck sped away.
Seconds later.
The charges detonated.
Blowing out windows.
On several stories.
Of the building.
‘Orcs’ troops are.
Slowly advancing.
In several critical sectors.
Along the 800-mile front line.
In several critical sectors.
Along the 800-mile front line.
Of ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
Sure, it’s costing.
The ‘orcs’ armed forces.
Between 1,200.
And 2,000 troops.
And up to.
100 vehicles.
a day.
But that’s cold comfort.
To the outnumbered.
Outgunned ‘elves’ troops.
In these sectors.
—and to the former residents.
—and to the former residents.
Of the towns.
And cities that.
Have become battlegrounds.
In one key city.
However.
It’s the ‘elves’.
Who are advancing.
*Because I read “Ukrainian Troops Tossed Charges Into A Russian-Held Highrise In Toretsk—Exploding The Whole Building From The Inside” by David Axe on 6 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 the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukrainian Troops Threw Charges Into A Russian-Held Highrise In Toretsk
