Reportedly taking advantage.
Of the temporary confusion.
Resulting from a rotation.
Of ‘orcs’ troops.
A small ‘elves’ force.
Advanced into Kamyanske.
A village on the ‘orcs’ side.
Of the front line.
In southern ‘elves’.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The village with.
A pre-war population.
Of just 2,000.
Surrounded on.
The north and west.
By the swamps.
Adjacent to the Dnipro River.
Is one of the few places.
Where ‘orcs’ forces have.
Advanced in recent weeks.
But ‘elves’ gains may be fleeting.
—and could also be indicative.
Of some serious problems.
Within the ‘elves’ command structure.
Why are the ‘elves’.
Risking lives and resources.
On a comparatively meaningless.
Action in a sector?
That’s a relative backwater.
When critical ‘elves’ strongpoints.
In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.
Are under relentless ‘orcs’ assault?
Shouldn’t every.
Available soldier.
And weapon.
Be heading east?
Why aren’t the ‘elves’.
Regional commands.
Prioritizing the right brigades.
In the right sectors?
A member of the ‘elves’ parliament.
Is among the most vocal critics.
Of ‘elves’ military planning.
—and she’s had enough.
“We are no different.
From the ‘orcs’.
Conducting ‘meat assaults’.
Restoring positions.”
“In the lowlands.
Often without additional.
Intelligence and.
Cooperation of units, et cetera.”
She wrote on Sunday.
As the tiny ‘elves’ force cowering.
In Kamyanske was under.
Attack from ‘orcs’ drones.
One ‘orc’ blogger expected.
The platoon of ‘elves’.
Who infiltrated Kamyanske.
To retreat, surrender.
Or die before too long.
“The enemy’s presence zone.
Has been localized.
—they are currently being cleared.”
He wrote, attributing.
The ‘elves’ isolation.
To the hard-to-navigate.
Swampy terrain.
“The enemy is dispersed.
In groups of three.
And hiding in houses.
The houses are being dismantled.”
Why are the ‘elves’.
Risking lives and resources.
On a comparatively meaningless.
Action in a sector?
That’s a relative backwater.
When critical ‘elves’ strongpoints.
In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.
Are under relentless ‘orcs’ assault?
Shouldn’t every.
Available soldier.
And weapon.
Be heading east?
Why aren’t the ‘elves’.
Regional commands.
Prioritizing the right brigades.
In the right sectors?
The likely outcome is.
That the ‘elves’ units.
North of Kamyanske.
Anchored by the new.
141st Mechanized Brigade.
Are going to bury.
Tens of soldiers.
Without making.
Without making.
Any lasting gains.
She blamed.
The army’s senior officers.
“The army is collapsing.
And rotting precisely because of.
The quality of management.
And decisions made at the top.”
Why are the ‘elves’.
Risking lives and resources.
On a comparatively meaningless.
Action in a sector?
That’s a relative backwater.
When critical ‘elves’ strongpoints.
In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.
Are under relentless ‘orcs’ assault?
Shouldn’t every.
Available soldier.
And weapon.
Be heading east?
Why aren’t the ‘elves’.
Regional commands.
Prioritizing the right brigades.
In the right sectors?
Reportedly taking advantage.
Of the temporary confusion.
Resulting from a rotation.
Of ‘orcs’ troops.
A small ‘elves’ force.
Advanced into Kamyanske.
A village on the ‘orcs’ side.
Of the front line.
In southern ‘elves’.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
The village with.
A pre-war population.
Of just 2,000.
Surrounded on.
The north and west.
By the swamps.
Adjacent to the Dnipro River.
Is one of the few places.
Where ‘orcs’ forces have.
Advanced in recent weeks.
But ‘elves’ gains may be fleeting.
—and could also be indicative.
Of some serious problems.
Within the ‘elves’ command structure.
*Because I read “‘Collapsing And Rotting’ Ukrainian Chain Of Command May Have Sent Troops To Pointlessly Die In Zaporizhzhia Oblast” by David Axe on 22 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 story of Maryana Bezuhla, and a story of Romanov.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
‘Rotting’ Ukrainian Command May Have Sent Troops To Pointlessly Die
