The hedge-sparrow fed
the cuckoo so long,
That it had it head
bit off by it young.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
At least three people.
Have died.
Following another widespread.
Air bombardment by ‘orcs’.
Two people were killed.
In the eastern.
Dnipropetrovsk region.
The regional head said.
While a woman died.
Of her injuries.
After being rescued from.
A burning apartment in Odesa.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
10 regions of Ukraine.
Including a number of cities.
Were hit in the overnight assault.
More than 340 explosive.
And dummy drones.
And 35 cruise and.
Ballistic missiles were used.
Although ‘elves’ military said.
90% of these were shot down.
Suppressed electronically or lost.
More than 30 got through.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
One of the strikes.
Hit a residential block.
In the southern city.
Of Odesa.
Causing a fire.
On its upper floors.
Rescuers said.
Five people were rescued.
From burning apartments.
– including the woman who later died.
At least another six people.
Were wounded.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
The eastern city of Pavlohrad.
Was subjected to what.
The regional head called.
A “hellish night and morning”.
He said there had been.
“Explosion after explosion”.
Caused by drone and.
Missile strikes.
Adding it had been.
The biggest-scale attack.
On the city.
To date.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
Targets reportedly included.
Industrial sites.
A fire department.
A clinic, a school.
And a cultural institution.
‘Gandalf the Green’ wrote of.
“Important infrastructure”.
Being damaged there.
A missile plant is.
Based in Pavlohrad.
And the city has been struck.
In the past by ‘Mordor’.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
The north-eastern city.
Of Sumy was.
Also attacked.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
Critical infrastructure.
Had been damaged.
Cutting power to.
Several thousand families.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
There have also been strikes.
– including with guided bombs –
On another town.
In the region, Shostka.
Which lies less than.
50km from.
The ‘orcs’ border.
Officials said.
A “targeted hit” there.
Had caused a fire.
They did not say.
What had been struck.
A video footage posted.
Online purportedly of the incident.
Shows a fierce fire and.
Billowing clouds of grey smoke.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
‘Gandalf the Green’ once again.
Stressed the importance.
Of bolstering air defences.
Both in terms.
Of supplies from allies.
But also producing them.
In Ukraine.
Including more interceptor drones.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
The current US administration.
Recently moved to.
Free up weapons supplies.
Even if some of these.
– including much-needed.
Patriot air defences –
Will be paid for.
By other Nato allies.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
‘Mordor’ said.
It shot down more than.
70 ‘elves’ drones.
Overnight into Saturday.
Most of them.
Over the regions.
Of Rostov, Moscow.
And Bryansk.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
Meanwhile.
On the front lines.
‘Orcs’ forces.
Continue to attack.
One of their key objectives.
– the town of Pokrovsk.
In the eastern region.
Of Donetsk.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
Late on Friday.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief.
Acknowledged it faced.
Increasing pressure.
But insisted its defence.
Was “steadfast”.
He said ‘orcs’ had been.
Trying to get to the city.
With small groups.
Of soldiers attacking.
For sabotage and.
Reconnaissance purposes.
Claiming one such group.
Had been destroyed.
‘Orcs’ have been trying to.
Encircle Pokrovsk for months.
The hedge-sparrow fed
the cuckoo so long,
That it had it head
bit off by it young.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
So, out went the candle,
and we were left darking.
*Because I read “Buildings burn as another wave of Russian attacks hits Ukraine” by Danny Aeberhard on 20 Jul 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, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Ukraine war: Buildings burn after renewed Russian air attacks
