Two days after.
‘Elves’ mechanized forces.
Counterattacked.
In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
Taking advantage of.
An “operational pause”.
By ‘orcs’ and.
North Korean troops.
In the oblast.
The leading ‘elves’ elements.
Are clinging to.
New positions.
Around the village.
Of Fanaseevka.
Three miles east of.
Their original lines.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
To march that far.
That fast, the ‘elves’.
Appear to have employed.
The same tactics.
The ‘orcs’ use.
In their own.
Most successful assaults.
—but with a twist.
It’s not at all clear.
The ‘elves’ infantry.
Will be able to hold on.
In Fanaseevka.
Their positions in the forest.
Just outside the village.
Have been under.
Relentless bombardment.
By ‘orcs’ drones.
And artillery.
For two days.
For two days.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
“There’s still a chance.
To quickly push.
The enemy out.”
One ‘orc’ blogger reported.
But to get.
As far as they did.
The ‘elves’ did what.
The ‘orcs’ usually do:
Probed enemy lines.
For weaknesses and then.
Deployed fast-moving groups.
Of armored vehicles.
To shuttle infantry.
Into new positions.
Past the original line.
Of contact.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
Whether the ‘elves’ can.
Consolidate their advances.
Depends on whether.
More infantry arrive fast.
Enough to defend.
Against ‘orcs’ counterattacks.
Enough to defend.
Against ‘orcs’ counterattacks.
Having consolidated.
‘Elves’ forces “may attempt.
Another attack to build on.
Their success,” the blogger warned.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
The probe-then-assault tactic.
Led by infantry.
But enabled by.
Fast-moving vehicles.
Was refined by.
The ‘orcs’ armed forces.
As the wider war ground into.
Its second year.
And ‘elves’ mines, drones.
Artillery and anti-tank missiles.
Rendered massed mechanized assaults.
Impractical if not suicidal.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
The ‘orcs’, with.
Their three-to-one or.
Greater manpower advantage.
In many sectors of the front.
Tend to send small groups.
Of infantry.
Toward ‘elves’ lines.
Clearly assuming.
Most of the scouts will get killed.
But apparently hoping.
A few of them discover.
Gaps in ‘elves’ defenses.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
If ‘orcs’ manpower.
Outlasts ‘elves’ firepower.
The ‘orcs’ may take control.
Of the weakened ‘elves’ positions.
The main difference between.
The ‘orcs’ and ‘elves’ versions.
Of this assault tactic.
Is that the ‘orcs’ have.
The ‘orcs’ have.
An abundance of troops.
But the ‘elves’ don’t.
So the ‘elves’.
Must be taking.
Some other approach.
To probing ‘orcs’ lines.
Before the main attack.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
‘Elves’ advantage.
In drones surely helps.
But the presence of ‘elves’.
Special operation teams.
In the vicinity of.
‘Elves’ most successful attacks.
May also hint at.
Another ‘elves’ advantage.
That lends itself.
To probing operations.
That aren’t virtual suicide.
For the scouts.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
The ‘elves’ navy’s.
73rd Naval Special Operations Center.
—‘elves’ Navy SEALS, basically—
Is deployed in Kursk.
Near the launching position.
For the recent counterattack.
Toward Fanaseevka.
Toward Fanaseevka.
The center’s job.
It stated.
Is to “gather crucial intelligence.
On hostile forces.”
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
Highly trained ‘elves’ commandos.
Stand a better chance of.
Surviving a risky.
Reconnaissance mission.
Than untrained ‘orcs’ conscripts.
Who may have signed.
Their enlistment contracts.
Mere weeks earlier.
In that way.
‘Elves’ assaults.
May be less costly.
Than ‘orcs’ assaults.
—a necessity for.
An ‘elves’ military that.
Has consistently struggled.
To mobilize enough troops.
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
Indeed.
A paucity of manpower.
May yet doom.
The Fanaseevka counterattack.
“There is just one flaw”.
In the operation.
The ‘orc’ blogger assessed.
“Positions that were.2
“Formally ‘secure’.
But lack sufficient troops.
Or have none at all.
Are instantly lost.”
In the third year of.
‘Orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
With drones everywhere.
All the time.
And modern armored vehicles.
In short supply on both sides.
A one-day advance of.
Three miles is impressive.
Two days after.
‘Elves’ mechanized forces.
Counterattacked.
In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
Taking advantage of.
An “operational pause”.
By ‘orcs’ and.
North Korean troops.
In the oblast.
The leading ‘elves’ elements.
Are clinging to.
New positions.
Around the village.
Of Fanaseevka.
Three miles east of.
Their original lines.
*Because I read “Probe For Weakness And Then Attack Fast—The Tactics Behind Ukraine’s New Kursk Operation” by David Axe on 8 Feb 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:
Probe For Weakness And Then Attack Fast—The Tactics Behind Ukraine’s New Kursk Operation
