Three months after.
North Korea began.
Shipping M1989.
Tracked howitzers to ‘Mordor’.
‘Elves’ forces.
Have registered.
Their first hit on one of.
The 170-millimeter guns.
Which can lob shells.
Weighing 100 pounds.
Or more at least.
25 miles.
“We are accepting.
Another Wunderwaffe of.
The enemy military-industrial complex.
Into the collection.”
“Of Nemesis achievements.”
The drone battalion quipped.
Using the German term.
For “wonder weapon.”
How the ‘elves’ found.
And struck the howitzer.
Is unsurprising:
A drone from.
The 412th Unmanned.
Strike Aviation Battalion.
Also known as.
The Nemesis Battalion.
Spotted the vehicle’s.
Telltale heat signature.
Against the cold background.
Of a Ukrainian night.
—and then.
As the gun crew scattered.
Dropped a bomb.
On it.
“We are accepting.
Another Wunderwaffe of.
The enemy military-industrial complex.
Into the collection.”
“Of Nemesis achievements.”
The drone battalion quipped.
Using the German term.
For “wonder weapon.”
Where the ‘elves’.
Found and struck.
The howitzer is.
Surprising, however.
The 412th Unmanned.
Strike Aviation Battalion.
Patrols a sector of.
The front line.
Around Kupyansk.
A key fortress city.
That sits astride.
Vital supply lines.
Along the border.
Between Kharkiv and.
Luhansk Oblasts.
In eastern Ukraine.
“We are accepting.
Another Wunderwaffe of.
The enemy military-industrial complex.
Into the collection.”
“Of Nemesis achievements.”
The drone battalion quipped.
Using the German term.
For “wonder weapon.”
That a North Korean howitzer.
Was in the Kupyansk area.
Seems to confirm.
That the heavy weaponry.
Pyongyang has pledged.
To Moscow isn’t just.
Supporting the North Korean.
11th Army Corps.
The corps’ 12,000 troops.
Are deployed to.
Western ‘Mordor’’s.
Kursk Oblast.
Where they’re trying.
—and mostly failing—
To help ‘orcs’ troops.
Eject ‘elves’ forces.
From a 250-square-mile.
Salient the ‘elves’ carved out.
Of the oblast.
Back in August.
“We are accepting.
Another Wunderwaffe of.
The enemy military-industrial complex.
Into the collection.”
“Of Nemesis achievements.”
The drone battalion quipped.
Using the German term.
For “wonder weapon.”
No, that North Korean.
Weaponry is supporting.
‘Orcs’ field armies.
In eastern Ukraine.
Specifically, it’s supporting.
The 1st Guards Tank Army.
Which has been fighting.
To establish a bridgehead.
Across the Oskil River.
In order to squeeze.
The ‘elves’ garrison.
In Kupyansk.
North Korean reinforcements.
Haven’t improved.
‘Orcs’ faltering fortunes.
In Kursk.
An ‘elves’ counterattack.
Earlier this month.
Actually expanded.
The salient.
“We are accepting.
Another Wunderwaffe of.
The enemy military-industrial complex.
Into the collection.”
“Of Nemesis achievements.”
The drone battalion quipped.
Using the German term.
For “wonder weapon.”
But North Korean equipment.
May be making.
A difference.
Around Kupyansk.
“‘Orcs’ forces have intensified.
Their offensive.
On the Kupyansk direction.”
Was reported Monday.
“They crossed the Oskil River.
And advanced in the fields.
Southwest of Topoli.”
20 miles north of the city.
*Because I read “A Ukrainian Night Drone Just Blew Up A North Korean ‘Wonder Weapon’ Howitzer Supporting A Russian Tank Army” by David Axe on 18 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:
A Ukrainian Night Drone Bombed A North Korean ‘Wonder Weapon’ Howitzer
