At least 13 people.
Have been killed and.
another 32 injured.
In ‘orcs’ shelling.
In ‘elves’ southern city.
Of Zaporizhzhia.
The attack was described.
As “cruel” and “cynical”.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
“The ‘orcs’ cynically.
Attacked the city.
In the middle of the day.”
The regional head said.
“In the middle of the day.”
Adding that two guided.
Aerial bombs hit.
Residential buildings.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Footage has emerged showing.
One high-rise building ablaze.
And a number of.
Vehicles on fire.
‘Gandalf the Green’ called on.
Allies to put pressure.
On ‘Mordor’.
“For its terror”.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
In a video message.
From outside the bombed site.
The regional head said.
The ‘orcs’ shelling began.
At about 16:00.
Local time on Wednesday.
He said that.
Two guided bombs.
Struck residential buildings.
Earlier he had said.
“Industrial infrastructure”.
Had been targeted.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Graphic images.
Posted online showed.
First responders.
Treating casualties.
On the roadside.
Several vehicles on fire.
And a stationary tram.
With its windows shattered.
In one video.
At least two minibuses.
Are seen with their windows.
Blown out and.
What appear to be.
Casualties lying amid.
Rubble and debris.
On the road.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
In a statement.
Later on Wednesday.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said that.
“There is nothing more cruel.”
“Than launching aerial bombs.
On a city.
Knowing that.
Ordinary civilians will suffer”.
And appealing.
To ‘elves’ allies.
For more support.
He said.
“That only through strength.
Can such a war be ended.
With a lasting peace”.
“With a lasting peace”.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
Zaporizhzhia lies close.
To the front line.
A day of mourning.
Will be declared across.
The Zaporizhzhia region.
On Thursday.
*Because I read “Russian shelling kills 13 in Zaporizhzhia – Ukraine” by Jaroslav Lukiv on 9 Jan 2025, 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 Ivan Fedorov.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
