Koryu meets Chess

Not Martial Arts but Minerva's Arts. Through a Struggle, be guided by Philosophy, Faith, Art, and Science. Like a Forest from the Olive Tree that Athena, goddess of Wisdom, offered the Greek people a long time ago.

Month: March 2025

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POETS KNOWING

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 […]
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POETS JUST SOUTH OF VODYANE

The drone operators from. The ‘elves’ national guard’s. Kara Dag Brigade. May not have realized.     They were committing. A profound act of. Political defiance when. On or just before Tuesday.   They hunted down. An ‘orcs’ drone team. On the snowy battlefield. Just south of Vodyane.   On the snowy battlefield. Just south […]
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POETS COLLECTING

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.” […]
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POETS IN AND AROUND ULAKLY

In a cataclysm of. Artillery and drone strikes. ‘Elves’ forces smashed. An attack by ‘orcs’ troops.   In and around. The town of Ulakly. On or just before Sunday. Surveillance drones.   Working for the ‘elves’. Tivaz artillery group registered. around 10 destroyed and. Abandoned ‘orcs’ vehicles.   The failed assault. One of several. In […]
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A POET DOCUMENTING

“Documenting is important. Because if something. Hasn’t been photographed. It hasn’t happened.”   “This work has to be done. … I just do my best.” “This work has to be done. … I just do my best.”     She captured the scene. Of a White Angels officer. Reaching out to. A resident of Toretsk. […]
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A POET WITH DECISION

In the picture, he captured. Jubilant pro-‘orcs’ activists. On 21 February. 2022.   After ‘the One’ declared. Their eastern region independent. He describes how the photo. Came about “accidentally”.   – a powerful reminder of. the potential impact of. A photographer’s split-second decision. To raise their camera.     He has spent. The past 11 […]
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A POET RECALLING

One moment engraved. On her memory. Involved a striking image. Featured in a story.   In March. 2024. Showing emergency workers. At the scene of.   A five-storey building. That collapsed after. ‘Orcs’ shelling. With residents still inside.     She recalls. How emergency workers. Attended the site. For four days straight.   They found […]
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POETS PHOTOGRAPHING

A soldier is seen consoling. His desperate comrade. After returning from. An assault.   In which a fellow serviceman. Was killed. This powerful shot. Taken by him.   In the summer of. 2024. Was featured in a report. On the ‘elves’ offensive.   Over the ‘Mordor’’s border. In Kursk. For him, the image mirrors. Some […]
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POETS NOT CAVED

And on the snow-covered. Blood-spattered fields in Kursk. The 47th Mechanized Brigade. Is buying.   ‘Gandalf the Green’. More time for diplomacy. —and holding onto. The best bargaining chip.   The best bargaining chip. Ukraine has: Hundreds of square miles. Of ‘orcs’ soil.     It’s not for no reason. ‘Elves’ forces take such glee. […]
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POETS DEVOTING

It might seem. Like overkill. But there’s a reason. But there’s a reason.     The ‘elves’ main. Intelligence directorate. Devoted precious resources. To a coordinated effort.   —a surveillance drone. A High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System. And at least. Two attack drones—   To a coordinated effort. To track and strike. A two-man ‘orcs’. Drone […]