Four months after.
Racing to Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
To meet.
The surprise ‘elves’ invasion.
Of that border region.
The ‘orcs’ navy’s battered.
810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Is finally calling.
It quits.
—at least for.
A little while.
The 2,500-person brigade.
One of at least two.
Major marine units supporting.
‘Orcs’ counteroffensive in Kursk.
Is reportedly heading.
From the western edge of.
The 250-square-mile salient.
To the quieter eastern edge.
And setting up camp.
In Plekhove.
A village a short distance.
From the front line that.
The ‘elves’ gave up.
In mid-December amid.
A costly but relentless assault by.
The North Korean 11th Army Corps.
Four months after.
Racing to Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
To meet.
The surprise ‘elves’ invasion.
Of that border region.
The ‘orcs’ navy’s battered.
810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Is finally calling.
It quits.
—at least for.
A little while.
“The guys from the 810th Brigade.
Can have a smoke break.
Think about the eternal.
Collect their thoughts.”
“And prepare for future battles.”
One ‘orc’ blogger mused.
Stressing that the redeployment.
To Plekhove is.
A temporary rotation.
Off the front line.
It’s not a retreat.
The blogger insisted.
‘Orcs’ naval infantry brigades.
“Are the main striking fist.
In the liberation.
Of the Kursk region.”
“Steel brigades.
But even they need.
A rest.”
But it’s hard to argue that.
The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
And its sister unit.
In the Kursk counteroffensive.
The 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Aren’t worn out.
After months of mostly failed.
Assaults on the western edge.
Of the salient.
Four months after.
Racing to Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
To meet.
The surprise ‘elves’ invasion.
Of that border region.
The ‘orcs’ navy’s battered.
810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Is finally calling.
It quits.
—at least for.
A little while.
The 155th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Has probably already.
Been destroyed and.
Rebuilt many times.
—and is currently undergoing.
Its latest replenishment.
After reportedly losing.
Many of its people.
And much of its equipment.
To ‘elves’ mines, drones and artillery.
The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Could be in an equally dire state.
The brigade may have assigned.
Two of its 400-person battalions.
To a costly attack on the ‘elves’.
Garrison in Pogrebki.
In the no-man’s-land.
On the northwestern edge.
Of the salient.
Starting in November.
“It looks like.
Last month’s two-battalion-sized.
Assault breakthrough.
Went nowhere.”
“And was eliminated.”
An analyst noted.
Adding insult to injury.
The ‘elves’ targeted.
The 810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Right before.
The purported rotation.
Off the front line.
Four months after.
Racing to Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
To meet.
The surprise ‘elves’ invasion.
Of that border region.
The ‘orcs’ navy’s battered.
810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Is finally calling.
It quits.
—at least for.
A little while.
A Christmas Day bombardment.
Of a headquarters.
In the city of Lgov.
Just outside the ‘elves’-held salient.
May have killed or.
Wounded members of.
The brigade’s command staff.
—an attack the blogger claimed.
Had nothing to do.
With the decision to pull.
The brigade off.
The front line.
A few days or weeks.
In Plekhove might not be.
Terribly relaxing.
For the survivors.
Of the 810th.
Naval Infantry Brigade’s.
First four months.
In Kursk.
The village is.
Well within range.
Of ‘elves’ forces’.
Heavy weapons.
“Plekhove, frankly speaking.
Is a dubious place.
For rest.”
The blogger admitted.
Four months after.
Racing to Kursk Oblast.
In western ‘Mordor’.
To meet.
The surprise ‘elves’ invasion.
Of that border region.
The ‘orcs’ navy’s battered.
810th Naval Infantry Brigade.
Is finally calling.
It quits.
—at least for.
A little while.
*Because I read “One Russian Marine Brigade Has Probably Been Destroyed In Kursk—And Another Badly Damaged” by David Axe on 29 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 Moklasen.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
A Battered Russian Marine Brigade Is Rotating Off the Kursk Front Line
