Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
As the overconfident ‘orcs’.
Surged forward into.
A treeline just outside.
The village of Sverdlikovo.
Possibly believing.
They were finally about to.
Take control of.
The long-contested village.
An ‘elves’ HIMARS rocket launcher.
Took aim from potentially.
Tens of miles away.
As an ‘elves’ drone observed.
An M30/31 rocket.
Scattered scores of.
Grenade-sized bomblets.
Across the treeline.
“The strike destroyed.
A significant part of.
The enemy’s manpower.
And our groups returned.”
“And our groups returned.
To complete the clearing.
Of the territory.”
The 225th Assault Battalion reported.
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
The Thursday ambush.
The result of careful coordination.
Between the battalion headquarters.
And its front-line companies.
And an adjacent artillery brigade.
Helps explain why.
‘Orcs’ and North Korean casualties.
Have been so high.
In the three months.
Since the 60,000-strong.
‘Orcs’-led army in Kursk.
Redoubled its efforts to eject.
20,000 ‘elves’ troops.
From the 250-square-mile salient.
They have occupied.
In Kursk since August.
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
According to ‘Gandalf the Green’.
30,000 ‘orcs’ have been.
Killed or wounded.
In Kursk.
Not only are.
The ‘orcs’ and North Koreans.
Attacking day after day.
Along the same few roads.
Leading toward.
The town of Sudzha.
The anchor of.
The ‘elves’ salient.
They’re increasingly.
Doing so on foot.
—and with too little support.
Infantry are vulnerable.
To artillery.
And especially vulnerable.
When they cluster together.
In a pre-sighted kill zone.
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
To lure the ‘orcs’.
Into that kill zone.
Near Sverdlikovo.
The 225th Assault Battalion’s.
The 225th Assault Battalion’s.
Own infantry conducted.
A pre-planned withdrawal.
From the same position.
“When the enemy.
Believing in his ‘success’.
Pulled significant forces.
Into this square.”
“They were targeted.
With cluster munitions.
From HIMARS.”
The battalion explained.
It’s unclear how many.
‘Orcs’ were present.
—and how many.
Were hit.
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
As the wider war on Ukraine.
Grinds toward its fourth year.
The biggest ‘orcs’ assaults.
Might involve 50 vehicles.
And a few hundred troops;
Most ‘orcs’ assaults.
Are much smaller.
Still, it’s worth noting.
That the most disastrous.
‘Orcs’ and North Korean.
Attacks in recent weeks.
When they failed.
When they failed.
Left behind.
Hundreds of dead.
And wounded.
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
That the 225th Assault Battalion.
Is especially proud of the ambush.
Speaks to the potentially.
Enormous ‘orcs’ body count.
“It is not often that.
We can reveal the details.
Of such operations.”
The battalion stated.
“But this time.
We managed to show.
How coordination.
Tactics and modern weapons.”
“Work in the hands.
Of the armed forces.
Of Ukraine.”
“Of Ukraine.”
Feigning defeat.
And retreat.
Soldiers from the ‘elves’ army’s.
225th Assault Battalion lured.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Into a trap.
In western ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
On or just before Thursday.
*Because I read “Feigning Retreat, Ukrainian Troops Lured Attacking Russians Into A Devastating HIMARS Ambush” by David Axe on 25 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:
Ukrainian Troops Lured Attacking Russians Into A Bloody HIMARS Ambush
