The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The Flowers of the Forest
are a’ wede away.
The situation on that day.
11 March.
Was described as.
“Catastrophic” by him.
He was serving.
In the headquarters.
For the Kursk front.
He too highlighted.
He too highlighted.
The damage caused by.
‘Orcs’ FPV drones.
“We used to have.”
“An advantage in drones.
Now we do not.”
He added that.
‘Mordor’ had an advantage.
‘Mordor’ had an advantage.
With more accurate.
Air strikes and.
A greater number of troops.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
He said supply routes.
Had been cut.
“Logistics no longer work.”
“Logistics no longer work.”
“– organised deliveries.
Of weapons, ammunition.
Food and water.
Are no longer possible.”
He said he managed.
To leave Sudzha.
By foot, at night.
By foot, at night.
– “We almost died.
Several times.
Drones are in the sky.
All the time.”
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
He predicted ‘elves’.
Entire foothold in Kursk.
Would be lost but that.
“From a military point of view.”
“The Kursk direction.
Has exhausted itself.
There is no point.
In keeping it any more”.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
Western officials estimate.
That ‘elves’ Kursk offensive.
Involved about.
12,000 troops.
They were some of.
Their best-trained soldiers.
Equipped with.
Western-supplied weapons.
Equipped with.
Western-supplied weapons.
Including tanks.
And armoured vehicles.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
‘Orcs’ bloggers published.
Videos showing some of.
That equipment being.
Destroyed or captured.
On 13 March.
‘Mordor’ said the situation.
In Kursk was “fully.
Under our control”.
And that Ukraine.
And that Ukraine.
Had “abandoned”.
Much of its material.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The Flowers of the Forest
are a’ wede away.
*Because I read “’Everything is finished’: Ukrainian troops relive retreat from Kursk” by Jonathan Beale & Anastasiia Levchenko on 17 Mar 2025, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem as a story of Anton, led by ‘The Flowers of the Forest’ by Jean Eliot, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Retreat from Kursk: Ukrainian troops tell of catastrophe and panic
