Not every ‘orcs’.
Assault group.
Not every ‘orcs’.
Assault group.
Comes to grief.
At the receiving end of.
An ‘elves’ tank firing.
From 100 feet away.
Ten months after.
First attacking Chasiv Yar.
A fortress town.
In eastern Ukraine.
‘Orcs’ troops have finally.
Managed to advance.
—at times, only briefly—
Into the town’s central district.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
Taking advantage of ‘elves’.
Newfound tank advantage.
The 24th Mechanized.
Has engaged infiltrating.
The 24th Mechanized.
Has engaged infiltrating.
‘Orcs’ paratroopers.
At point-blank range.
On or before 18 January.
An ‘orcs’ assault.
Drawn from one of.
The three air assault.
And airborne regiments.
Arrayed east of Chasiv Yar.
Made a run into.
The ruins of the town center.
The ruins of the town center.
Which has absorbed.
Relentless ‘orcs’ bombardments.
Since last spring.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
The ‘orcs’ in their two.
BMD-4 infantry fighting vehicles.
Came to.
A bad end.
‘Elves’ infantry hit.
One BMD with.
A rocket-propelled grenade.
Apparently destroying it.
The surviving BMD.
Was helpless to resist.
When one of.
The 24th Mechanized Brigade’s.
T-72 tanks rolled.
Right up to it.
Right up to it.
—and blasted it.
With a 125-millimeter tank.
Round from just 100 feet away.
“The battle for the city continues.”
The 24th Mechanized Brigade reported.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
It would have been unusual.
Earlier in the war.
For an ‘elves’ tank.
To fight that close.
But the battlefield of ‘orcs’.
35-month wider war.
On Ukraine.
Is changing in ways that.
Favor ‘elves’ armored forces.
Even as ‘orcs’ troops.
—who outnumber.
‘Elves’ troops—
Continue to.
Slowly advance.
Albeit it.
At enormous cost.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
The sheer number of.
‘Elves’ drones hovering over.
The 800-mile front line.
—tens of thousands arrive.
—tens of thousands arrive.
At the front.
Every month—
Means ‘orcs’ tanks.
“Can only operate.
From covered positions.”
One ‘orc’ blogger complained.
In a long missive.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
‘Mordor’ also deploys.
Tens of thousands of.
Drones every month.
But they’re shoddier.
Their operators are generally.
Less experienced.
And they must contend with.
‘Elves’ radio-jamming.
That’s much more effective.
Than ‘orcs’ jamming.
That’s much more effective.
Than ‘orcs’ jamming.
So while ‘orcs’ tanks must hide.
‘Elves’ tanks operate.
“More freely.”
The blogger claimed.
The ‘elves’ 24th Mechanized Brigade.
And adjacent units.
Aren’t making it.
Easy for them.
It’s not hyperbole.
Evidence abounds of.
‘Elves’ tanks.
Fighting closer than ever.
‘Elves’ tanks.
Fighting closer than ever.
As the wider war grinds.
Toward its fourth year.
That doesn’t mean.
The ‘elves’ are winning.
Every battle.
Or the ‘orcs’ are losing.
‘Orcs’ regiments might be.
Loathe to risk.
Their remaining tanks.
But they clearly feel.
But they clearly feel.
No such qualms.
When it comes to risking.
The less powerful.
When it comes to risking.
The less powerful.
BMD fighting vehicles.
And their infantry passengers.
Not every ‘orcs’.
Assault group.
Not every ‘orcs’.
Assault group.
Comes to grief.
At the receiving end of.
An ‘elves’ tank firing.
From 100 feet away.
*Because I read “Moving ‘Freely,’ A Ukrainian Tank Blasted A Russian Fighting Vehicle From 100 Feet Away” by David Axe on 29 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:
A Ukrainian Tank Blasted A Russian Fighting Vehicle From 100 Feet Away
