
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
On 8 January.
‘Elves’ drones.
Flew at least.
400 miles.
To strike near the ‘orcs’.
Air force’s Engels bomber base.
In the city of Saratov.
In southern ‘Mordor’.
The blasts triggered a blaze.
At a sprawling depot containing.
As much as 800,000 tons of fuel.
—a blaze that raged for days.
The fire finally burned.
Itself out.
Or firefighters extinguished it.
After six days.
Hours later on Tuesday.
Drones struck a second time.
“There will be no rest.
For the wicked,”was crowed.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
The Tuesday attack was.
Part of a wider wave.
Of drone raids.
Reportedly the biggest.
Of the 35-month.
Wider war for Ukraine.
That specifically targeted.
Fuel and munitions storage.
And oil refineries.
Among other targets.
“Each damaged ammunition depot.
Refinery, tank farm or.”
“Chemical plant weakens.
‘Mordor’’s ability.
To wage war against Ukraine.”
The ‘elves’ security service said.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
It’s unclear what types of.
Drone were involved.
In the back-to-back attacks.
On Engels.
But a journal mentioned.
The PD-2.
Beaver, Liutyi.
And UJ-22.
—all of which are.
Between six and.
10 feet long.
And propeller-driven.
Ukraine has developed.
A dizzying array of.
Long-range unmanned.
Aerial vehicles.
Including some based on.
Modified sport planes that.
Can range 800 miles with.
Hundreds of pounds of explosives.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
Engels is home to.
The ‘orcs’ air force’s.
Tupolev Tu-95 and.
Tu-160 strategic bombers.
Which routinely.
Strike Ukraine.
Strike Ukraine.
With cruise missiles.
Thousands of ‘elves’.
Have been killed.
And wounded.
In these missile raids.
“This storage facility.
Holds rare fuel.
For ‘orcs’ long-range.
Strategic bomber fleet.”
“That regularly rains.
A range of missiles.
Onto the people of Ukraine.”
Was explained.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
Blowing up a fuel depot.
Even twice.
Won’t stop.
The missile attacks.
—there are other bomber bases.
After all—
But it might slow the pace.
Of the attacks for a while.
And if ‘elves’ drones.
Continue striking.
And ‘orcs’ air defenses.
Do nothing to stop them.
The effect on ‘orcs’.
Bomber ops.
Might intensify.
The ‘elves’ smell blood.
—or, more accurately.
Burning aviation fuel.
Drones have struck Engels.
At least eight times.
Since ‘Mordor’ widened.
Its war on Ukraine.
In February.
2022.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
More strikes.
Are surely coming.
More strikes.
Are surely coming.
“Today, I held.
A staff meeting.”
‘Gandalf the Green’.
Announced on Monday.
“The key issue was.
The development of.
Our drones and all forms.
Of their usage.”
“There were reports on.
Production and contracts.
—from first-person-view drones.
To long-range ones—”
“As well as on solutions.
Aimed at more effectively.
Destroying the occupiers and.
Protecting the lives of our soldiers.”
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
‘Gandalf the Green’ was.
Apparently presented ideas.
For new and presumably.
Improved drones.
“We have technological.
Proposals that.
Need to be implemented.”
He wrote.
Whether those proposals.
Had anything to do with.
The kinds of drones that.
Double-tapped Engels is unclear.
But don’t be shocked.
If they did.
But don’t be shocked.
If they did.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
As ‘orcs’ wider war.
On Ukraine.
Grinds toward.
Its fourth year.
The ‘elves’ are striking.
Deeper inside ‘Mordor’.
More frequently.
—and with greater effect.
And their ambition.
To strike even.
Deeper and more often.
Is growing.
Whichever drone types.
Were involved.
The double-tap strike.
Had a clear aim.
—to constrain.
‘Orcs’ air raids.
On ‘elves’ cities.
Even if only temporarily.
*Because I read “Ukrainian Drones Flew 400 Miles To Double-Tap a Russian Bomber Base” by David Axe on 14 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 some reports of the Ukrainian Center for Strategic Communication, and some articles of Kyiv Post.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukrainian Drones Flew 400 Miles To Double-Tap a Russian Bomber Base