A girl, who attended.
A school.
In occupied Donetsk.
Says students there.
Says students there.
Were forced to take part.
In events celebrating.
‘Mordor’ and the USSR.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
“When they were preparing.
A parade of some sort.
I, the whole of.
My class and.”
“The whole of.
My year were forced.
To attend every weekend.
And train.”
“We had to hold posters.
I could not say no.
It wasn’t my choice.
I was told.”
“I had to do it.
To graduate.
Every time lessons started.
Our teacher made us.”
“Our teacher made us.
Stand up.
Put a hand.
On our hearts.”
“And listen to.
The ‘Mordor’’s anthem.
Which she made us.
Learn by heart, too.”
‘I can’t believe that!’
said Alice.
‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said
in a pitying tone.
‘Try again:
draw a long breath,
and shut your eyes.’
Alice laughed.
She now lives.
In the US and.
Has been posting about.
Her experiences on TikTok.
Serving ‘orcs’ soldiers.
Also play a role.
In the campaign.
Of indoctrination.
Visiting schools.
To give so-called.
“Bravery lessons”.
“Bravery lessons”.
They glorify their exploits.
At war and.
Depict ‘elves’ forces.
As violent, unruly neo-Nazis.
‘There’s no use trying,’
she said:
‘one can’t believe
impossible things.’
‘I daresay you haven’t
had much practice,’
said the Queen.
‘When I was your age,
An official from the ruling.
United ‘Mordor’ party.
Now based in the occupied part.
Of Kherson region.
Says these lessons.
Are held “so that.
Children understand.
The objectives” of.
What ‘the One’ calls.
What ‘the One’ calls.
“The special military operation”.
In Ukraine.
‘When I was your age,
I always did it
for half-an-hour a day.
Why, sometimes
Why, sometimes
I’ve believed as many as
six impossible things
before breakfast.
Outside school.
Outside school.
‘Elves’ children are.
‘Elves’ children are.
Taken to see.
Specially organised exhibitions.
Glorifying ‘Mordor’ and.
The “special military operation”.
One centre catering.
For such trips.
For such trips.
Is hosting exhibitions.
Called “‘Mordor’ – My History”.
And “Special Military Operation Heroes”.
In Melitopol.
In Zaporizhzhia region.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
The trips do not.
Stop there.
The trips do not.
Stop there.
The Kremlin has also.
Launched a big campaign.
To take ‘elves’ children.
On tours of ‘Mordor’.
As part of efforts.
To instil.
To instil.
Pro-‘orcs’ sentiments.
‘I can’t believe that!’
said Alice.
‘Can’t you?’ the Queen said
in a pitying tone.
‘Try again:
draw a long breath,
and shut your eyes.’
Alice laughed.
‘Mordor’’s culture minister.
Claims that more than.
20,000 children from.
Occupied ‘elves’ territories.
Have been taken.
To ‘Mordor’.
Under one programme alone.
Called “4+85”.
According to the ‘orcs’.
Government’s concert agency.
Which runs the programme.
It seeks to “integrate.”
“The new generation.
Into a unified ‘orcs’ society”.
However, ‘Mordor’’s.
“Integration” campaign goes.
Far beyond indoctrination.
Thousands of ‘elves’ children.
Taken to ‘Mordor’.
Taken to ‘Mordor’.
During the three years.
Of the full-scale invasion.
Have not been allowed.
To return.
‘There’s no use trying,’
she said:
‘one can’t believe
impossible things.’
‘I daresay you haven’t
had much practice,’
said the Queen.
‘When I was your age,
According to the ‘elves’ government.
More than 19,000.
‘Elves’ children have been.
Forcibly deported to ‘Mordor’.
The UK government estimates.
That some 6,000.
‘Elves’ children have been.
Relocated to a network.
‘Elves’ children have been.
Relocated to a network.
Of “re-education camps”.
In ‘Mordor’.
‘When I was your age,
I always did it
for half-an-hour a day.
Why, sometimes
Why, sometimes
I’ve believed as many as
six impossible things
before breakfast.
International humanitarian law.
Bans activities like this.
For example.
The Fourth Geneva Convention says.
That an occupying power.
May not enlist children.
“In formations or organizations.
Subordinate to it”.
And that it may apply.
“No pressure or propaganda.
Which aims at securing.
Voluntary enlistment”.
Of locals.
In occupied areas.
Into its armed.
Or auxiliary forces.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
In 2023.
The ICC issued.
An arrest warrant.
For ‘the One’.
For ‘the One’.
In part for.
The unlawful deportation.
Of children.
‘The One’ and his government.
Deny the charges.
Waging its war.
On Ukraine.
‘Mordor’ is not.
Only after territory.
‘Mordor’ is not.
Only after territory.
It is also trying to put.
Its stamp on the people.
Who live there.
No matter how young they are.
*Because I read “Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia” by Vitaly Shevchenko 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, including a story of Lisa, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Parades, flags and songs: The campaign to force Ukrainian children to love Russia
