
A solitary ‘orcs’ tank.
Rolling toward ‘elves’ lines.
In what one ‘elves’.
Drone group called.
“A very unfortunate suicide”.
“A very unfortunate suicide”.
Belies the perilous state.
Of the ‘orcs’ army.
As ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
Grinds toward.
Its fourth year.
In any event.
The solitary vehicle.
The solitary vehicle.
Didn’t get very far.
There are so many.
‘Elves’ drones everywhere.
All the time along.
The 800-mile front line.
In Ukraine and.
Western ‘Mordor’ that.
‘Orcs’ armored vehicles.
Can’t leave concealment.
Without drawing.
The drones’ lethal attention.
Without drawing.
The drones’ lethal attention.
Where the ‘orcs’ are.
Gaining ground.
—and to be clear.
They are gaining ground—
They’re mostly doing.
So on foot.
And suffering.
Staggering losses.
In any event.
The solitary vehicle.
The solitary vehicle.
Didn’t get very far.
On or just before Tuesday.
A lonely ‘orcs’ tank.
Traveled along.
A dirt road.
Toward the line of.
Contact outside.
The village of.
Kurdyumivka.
Three miles north of.
The ruins of Toretsk.
In eastern ‘elves’.
Donetsk Oblast.
‘Orcs’ field armies.
Are besieging.
The city of Pokrovsk.
Just south of Kurdyumivka.
And ‘orcs’ field armies.
Are also besieging.
The city of Chasiv Yar.
North of Kurdyumivka.
It’s unclear.
Which siege.
The up-armored tank.
Was supporting.
In any event.
The solitary vehicle.
The solitary vehicle.
Didn’t get very far.
“The fate of this piece.
Of iron was obvious.”
The ‘elves’ Phoenix.
Drone group reported.
“Our guys took it apart.
To the last detail.”
The sheer number.
Of drones.
That harried the tank.
Speaks to the abundance.
Of tiny flying robots.
Over the front line.
Four explosive FPV drones.
Chased down and.
Struck the tank.
Eventually immobilizing it.
A fifth drone.
A heavier bomber model.
Dropped grenades.
On the stranded tank.
To finally destroy it.
It’s unclear whether.
Any of the three or four.
‘Orcs’ crew survived.
In any event.
The solitary vehicle.
The solitary vehicle.
Didn’t get very far.
It’s hard to say.
Why the crew.
—or, more to the point.
The crew’s commander—
Believed a single tank.
Could cross open terrain.
In broad daylight within.
Easy reach of ‘elves’ drones.
One ‘orc’ blogger derisively.
Described ‘orcs’ tank commanders.
Who continue to order.
Mechanized attacks as “geniuses.”
In sending vehicles.
And their crews.
On pointless.
“Banzai attacks”.
Across the drone-patrolled.
No-man’s-land.
The tank commanders.
Gain nothing.
Lose everything and.
“Provide uplifting content.
For the armed forces.
Of Ukraine,” the blogger wrote.
In any event.
The solitary vehicle.
The solitary vehicle.
Didn’t get very far.
Sure enough.
The summary destruction of.
That lonely ‘orcs’ tank.
Became fodder.
For the Phoenix drone group’s.
Social media team.
That the ‘orcs’ can’t safely.
Deploy tanks any more.
Doesn’t mean.
They can’t continue.
Advancing toward.
Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar.
It does mean.
They’ll probably.
Keep attacking.
On foot.
—and paying.
In blood.
For every yard.
They capture.
*Because I read “It Was ‘Unfortunate Suicide’ For A Lonely Russian Crew Conducting A One-Tank Assault In Eastern Ukraine” by David Axe on 16 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.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
‘Unfortunate Suicide’ For A Russian Crew On A One-Tank Assault