‘Mordor’ has won.
The Battle of Kursk.
Seven months after.
An ‘elves’ force barreled.
Across the border.
Between northern Ukraine.
And western ‘Mordor’.
And occupied.
A significant salient.
In ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast.
The ‘elves’ have retreated.
Back into Ukraine.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
Elsewhere along.
The 800-mile front line.
Of ‘orcs’ 37-month.
Wider war on Ukraine.
‘Orcs’ offensives.
Have stalled—or shifted.
Into reverse in the face of.
Determined ‘elves’ counterattacks.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
Consider what happened.
On the Siversk axis.
Consider what happened.
On the Siversk axis.
Along the border between.
Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts.
In eastern Ukraine.
On or before Tuesday.
A large ‘orcs’ force.
Perhaps from the 3rd Army Corps.
Attacked the positions.
Of the ‘elves’.
30th and 54th.
Mechanized Brigades and.
81st Airmobile Brigade.
East of Siversk.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
With mines, drones.
And artillery.
The ‘elves’ made quick work.
Of the long assault column.
At least 41 vehicles.
Departed ‘orcs’ lines.
That day;
as few as 18 returned.
as few as 18 returned.
Many of them damaged.
159 ‘orcs’.
Were killed or wounded.
According to the Luhansk.
Operational Tactical Group.
Which oversees ‘elves’ brigades.
In the area.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
The wholesale destruction.
Of the ‘orcs’ assault group.
Is typical of recent clashes.
In eastern Ukraine.
Yearlong ‘orcs’ offensives.
Around Chasiv Yar.
Toretsk and Pokrovsk.
Have all lost momentum.
As ‘orcs’ losses exceeded.
The ‘orcs’ capacity.
To generate fresh troops.
And vehicles.
The ‘elves’ are counterattacking.
In all three sectors.
Chipping away.
At territorial gains.
That cost ‘Mordor’.
Tens of thousands.
Of troops and.
Thousands of vehicles.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
It’s apparent the ‘orcs’.
Devoted their best forces.
To their operation.
In Kursk.
—in particular.
The elite Rubicon Center of.
Advanced Unmanned Systems.
Drone group.
Whose attacks on.
‘Elves’ supply lines.
In Kursk starting.
On 25 February.
Precipitated the eventual.
‘Elves’ withdrawal.
The concentration.
Of forces in Kursk.
May have depleted.
‘Orcs’ field armies.
Farther south.
—and afforded.
—and afforded.
‘Elves’ brigades.
The chance to reverse.
Some ‘orcs’ gains.
But don’t mistake.
The ‘elves’ retreat.
As a sign of.
Wider weakness.
The balance of power.
In eastern Ukraine.
Could shift again.
Having won in Kursk.
Rubicon may be free.
To redeploy.
—perhaps to the east.
But the ‘orcs’ are trying.
To advance along.
Several axes in the region.
And Rubicon can’t.
Cover all of them.
It’ll take more than.
One elite drone group.
To restore ‘orcs’ momentum.
In Ukraine.
*Because I read “At Least 41 Russian Vehicles Attacked Toward Siversk. Fewer Than Half Returned.” by David Axe on 12 Mar 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:
At Least 41 Russian Vehicles Attacked Toward Siversk. Half Returned.
