The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
A pair of ‘orcs’ field armies.
Together overseeing.
70,000 troops in dozens.
Of regiments and brigades.
Is bearing down.
On Pokrovsk.
A fortress city in eastern.
‘Elves’ Donetsk Oblast.
Bracing for the coming assault.
The culmination of.
An ‘orcs’ offensive that began.
More than a year ago.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
But one of the reinforcing units.
The newly formed.
155th Mechanized Brigade.
—one of the few ‘elves’ brigades.
—one of the few ‘elves’ brigades.
With German-made.
Leopard 2 tanks and.
French-made Caesar howitzers—
Began disintegrating.
Before it even arrived.
In the besieged city.
Last week.
The brigade was supposed to.
Have more than 5,800 troops.
Making it much larger than.
Most of the ‘elves’ ground forces’.
Making it much larger than.
Most of the ‘elves’ ground forces’.
Roughly 100.
Other combat brigades.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
But around 1,700 of.
Those 5,800 troops.
Went absent without leave.
From the brigade.
At some point during.
Its nine-month work-up.
In western Ukraine.
Poland and France.
As recently as November.
Nearly 500 soldiers.
Were reportedly.
Still AWOL.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
“The issue is.
In organizational and.
Leadership failure.”
According to an analyst.
Rolling into battle.
Outside Pokrovsk.
In recent days.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade.
Suffered heavy casualties.
Reportedly even.
Losing some of its tanks.
And other armored vehicles.
Those troops and tanks.
Would have stood.
A better chance fighting.
Under experienced brigades.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
According to Lt. Col..
Chief of staff of.
The ‘elves’ National Guard’s.
Azov Brigade.
“Can it be idiocy?
To create new brigades?
And equip them?
With such equipment?”
“Having incomplete?
Existing ones?”
He asked.
“Can it be idiocy?
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
It’s not necessarily idiocy.
—it’s politics.
Under pressure to demonstrate.
To ‘elves’ ficklest allies.
That Ukraine still has.
Reserves of strength.
And the capacity.
To keep fighting.
‘Gandalf the Green’ and.
His top generals.
Have done the showy thing:
Formed new brigades.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
“The country’s top political.
And military leadership.
Actually played with.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade.”
“Without even trying to.
Systematically prepare.
And train the brigade.
And without giving.”
“The brigade commanders.
Time to create.
A combat-ready team themselves.”
An ‘elf’ correspondent wrote.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
Ironically.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade’s.
Disastrous first days.
In combat compelled.
‘Elves’ leaders to do.
With the brigade’s surviving.
Troops and equipment.
What those insisted.
They should have done.
From the outset:
They should have done.
From the outset:
Assign these forces.
To well-established brigades.
To well-established brigades.
In the Pokrovsk area.
But that won’t bring back.
The people and tanks.
The 155th Mechanized Brigade.
Lost last week.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
The ‘elves’ are.
Reinforcing Pokrovsk.
*Because I read “Ukraine’s Newest Leopard 2 Brigade Began Disintegrating Before It Reached The Front Line” by David Axe on 1 Jan 2025 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 Tatarigami, and a comment of Lt. Col. Bohdan Krotevych.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukraine’s New Leopard 2 Brigade Disintegrated Before Entering Combat
