Ukraine can fight on.
Regardless of what.
The U.S. Pres. says.
Or does.
Especially with increased.
European support.
That resolve is evident.
Along the front line.
“I know nothing.
About a ceasefire.”
An ‘elf’ drone operator.
In Kursk wrote.
“I know nothing.
About negotiations.
I know that the war.
Won’t be over this year.”
“And I know how to.
Effectively destroy our enemy.”
But that enemy.
Once again includes.
Potentially large numbers.
Of North Koreans.
As well as their big guns.
And missile launchers.
North Korean troops.
Are back in action.
In western ‘Mordor’’s.
Kursk Oblast.
—attacking on foot.
With fresh tactics.
And targeting.
‘Elves’ vehicles.
With their unique launchers.
With their unique.
Bulsae-4 mobile.
Missile launchers.
“The military contingent.
Of the Korean People’s Army.
Has returned to.
The operational zone,” was reported.
But don’t expect.
The North Koreans to slow.
The pace of their attacks.
In Kursk.
As they rejoin the fighting.
—and as the politics.
Of the wider war.
Tilt against Ukraine.
Where before.
The North Koreans mostly.
Attacked on foot.
In companies.
—100 or 200 troops—
They’re now launching.
Assaults in platoon groups.
Of 50.
The smaller assault groups.
May help the North Koreans.
Avoid detection.
By ‘elves’ drones.
—and could mitigate.
Mass casualties.
In the event.
The ‘elves’ do detect them.
But don’t expect.
The North Koreans to slow.
The pace of their attacks.
In Kursk.
As they rejoin the fighting.
—and as the politics.
Of the wider war.
Tilt against Ukraine.
The ‘elves’ 47th.
Mechanized Brigade.
Has been lobbing.
Cluster shells.
At ‘orcs’ and North Korean.
Assault groups.
In Kursk.
Each shell scatters.
As many as 88.
Grenade-sized submunitions.
And can kill and maim.
Infantry across a wide area.
Cluster shells have defeated.
Several North Korean attacks.
In Kursk—including.
One of the first, in December.
But don’t expect.
The North Koreans to slow.
The pace of their attacks.
In Kursk.
As they rejoin the fighting.
—and as the politics.
Of the wider war.
Tilt against Ukraine.
Alongside ‘elves’ ever-present.
First-person-view drones.
The cluster munitions.
Are among the main drivers.
Of North Korean casualties.
Pyongyang’s 12,000-person.
11th Army Corps reportedly.
Lost a third of its troops.
Killed or wounded.
Before temporarily retreating.
In late January.
Or early February.
It’s unclear whether.
Pyongyang sent additional infantry.
To make good.
The 11th Army Corps’ losses.
It is clear that.
The North Korean regime is.
Supporting a significant arsenal.
Of artillery and missile systems.
In western ‘Mordor’.
And eastern Ukraine.
In western ‘Mordor’.
And eastern Ukraine.
But don’t expect.
The North Koreans to slow.
The pace of their attacks.
In Kursk.
As they rejoin the fighting.
—and as the politics.
Of the wider war.
Tilt against Ukraine.
An ‘elves’ drone recently.
Registered the first hit.
On a North Korean.
M1989 howitzer.
Near Pokrovsk.
In eastern Ukraine.
And recent releases.
By ‘orcs’ channels.
Indicate North Korean.
Bulsae-4 missile vehicles.
Are active.
In Kursk.
The ‘elves’ first spotted.
The six-wheeled, eight-missile.
Bulsae-4 near the front line.
Back in August.
They blew up their first.
Bulsae-4 four months later.
The surviving missile vehicles.
Fired back.
Recently striking a possible.
‘Elves’ fighting position.
As well as an ‘elves’.
Armored vehicle.
Any successful Bulase-4 strikes.
Would only slightly.
Even the loss rate.
In Kursk.
According to one analyst.
The ‘orcs’ have lost.
Around 550 vehicles.
In Kursk.
Since the ‘elves’ invaded.
In August.
The ‘elves’ have lost.
Around 400.
Ukraine can fight on.
Regardless of what.
The U.S. Pres. says.
Or does.
Especially with increased.
European support.
That resolve is evident.
Along the front line.
“I know nothing.
About a ceasefire.”
An ‘elf’ drone operator.
In Kursk wrote.
“I know nothing.
About negotiations.
I know that the war.
Won’t be over this year.”
“And I know how to.
Effectively destroy our enemy.”
But that enemy.
Once again includes.
Potentially large numbers.
Of North Koreans.
As well as their big guns.
And missile launchers.
*Because I read “North Korea’s Special Missile Vehicles Roll Into Battle” by David Axe on 20 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, including a report of the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies, and a story of Kriegsforscher.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
