POETS ALERT

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

At least one person was killed.

And nine others were injured.

In the strike which damaged.

A number of buildings in Kyiv.

 

It is not thought.

That any of.

The embassy diplomats.

Were injured.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

‘Elves’ military said.

‘Mordor’ had launched.

65 drones.

And missiles.

 

Across the country.

Across the country.

Overnight.

With most shot down.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

One man in Kyiv.

Who said he was.

The owner of.

A restaurant.

 

That suffered.

Extensive damage.

Following the attack.

Was filmed cursing.

 

The ‘orcs’ as “beasts”.

As he surveyed.

The charred shell of.

A building in front of him.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

Another resident sent photos.

Of her destroyed apartment.

With the windows.

Blown in and.

 

Glass and brickwork strewn.

Across the floors.

“I don’t understand.

How I survived.”

 

“My balcony flew away.

Half my walls are gone.

My neighbour is.

In such shock.”

 

“She can’t even speak.

I have no words.

For the people.

Who did this.”

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

A local journalist.

At the scene.

Said that one of.

The buildings nearby.

 

Had been used by.

The ‘elves’ Security Service.

The SBU, and was likely.

To have been the target.

 

Of the strikes.

Although much of the damage.

Seen had affected.

Residential buildings.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

Friday’s attack.

Come one day after.

‘The One’’s end-of-year press.

Conference and phone-in show.

 

In which he threatened.

To launch more.

Ballistic missiles.

At the ‘elves’ capital.

 

There is concern in Ukraine.

That ‘Mordor’ could use a so-called.

Oreshnik intermediate-range.

Ballistic missile to hit Kyiv.

 

Moscow test-fired the missile.

On the central city.

Of Dnipro.

Earlier this month.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

Earlier on Friday morning.

The ‘elves’ authorities issued.

An air alert linked to.

The possible launch of.

 

An Oreshnik missile.

And urged people in Kyiv.

To urgently seek shelter.

It turned out to be a false alarm.

 

 

In a verified video filmed.

In the Pecherskyi District.

Kyiv’s second oldest.

Roman Catholic church.

 

St Nicholas Cathedral.

Is shown with.

Windows shattered.

Following a nearby blast.

 

 

*Because I read “Five killed in strike on Russia’s Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv” by Jake Lapham & Will Vernon on 21 Dec 2024, 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 Oksana.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:

Five killed in strike on Russia’s Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv