’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jujub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!’
“‘Orcs’ are trying to.
Ban everything.
‘Elves’ here:
Language, and also traditions.”
“Even ‘elves’ holidays.
Are forbidden.”
“‘Orcs’ are trying to.
Ban everything.”
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.
One thing was certain, that.
The white kitten had nothing to do with it.
This is the sorrow.
And fear of a rarely.
Heard voice from.
Within Ukraine.
– that of someone.
Living in one of.
The ‘orcs’-occupied areas.
Of the country.
What shall Cordelia do?
Love, and be silent.
What shall Cordelia do?
Love, and be silent.
As the US leads.
Efforts to negotiate.
Peace in Ukraine.
Peace in Ukraine.
Those living under.
‘Orcs’ occupation.
Face a brutal.
Repressive future.
Then poor Cordelia!
And yet no so; since,
I am sure, my love’s
more richer than my tongue.
Already, the Kremlin.
Has put in place.
Severe restrictions.
Designed to stamp out.
‘Elves’ identity.
Including harsh punishments.
For anyone who.
Dares to disagree.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Now, there are fears that.
Kyiv could be forced.
To give up at least.
Some of the territory.
Occupied by ‘Mordor’.
As part of.
A potential ceasefire.
Or peace deal.
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.
‘Elves’ officials reject this.
But ‘Mordor’ says that.
At the very least.
It wants to fully capture.
Four ‘elves’ regions.
It partly controls.
– Donetsk, Luhansk.
Kherson and Zaporizhzhia –
In addition to Crimea.
In addition to Crimea.
Which it annexed.
In 2014.
Peace, Kent.
Come not between
the dragon and his wrath.
Peace, Kent.
Due to repression.
By the ‘orcs’ authorities.
Speaking to the media.
And even your own relatives.
In occupied territories.
Can be fraught.
With danger.
The Kremlin has also launched.
A wide-ranging campaign.
To force ‘elves’.
In occupied territories.
To take ‘orcs’ passports.
The bow is bent and drawn,
make from the shaft.
The bow is bent and drawn,
make from the shaft.
‘Elves’ are being denied.
Healthcare and free movement.
Unless they take up.
‘Orcs’ citizenship.
She was a member of.
An all-female underground.
Resistance group.
Waging a campaign.
Of peaceful resistance.
In those territories.
Mainly by distributing.
Leaflets and newsletters.
Let it fall rather,
though the fork invade
The region of my heart:
The region of my heart:
In an interview.
She used an ‘elves’ proverb.
To describe the danger.
She is facing:
“You have fear in your eyes.
But your hands are.
Still doing it.
Of course it’s scary.”
be Kent unmannerly,
When Lear is mad.
What will thou do, old man?
What will thou do, old man?
According to her.
‘Orcs’ administrations.
Have been installing.
Surveillance systems.
To monitor.
To monitor.
Any manifestations.
Of dissent.
“They are putting up.
A lot of CCTV cameras.
To control everybody.
To find all the activists.”
Reverse thy doom;
And in thy best consideration, check
This hideous rashness:
answer my life my judgement,
Numerous ‘elves’ activists.
Have been killed.
Or disappeared.
Under ‘orcs’ occupation.
At least 121 activists.
Volunteers and journalists.
Have been killed.
During the full-scale invasion.
At least 121 activists.
Volunteers and journalists.
Most of them.
During its first year.
My life I never held
but as a pawn
To wage against thy enemies;
nor fear to lose it.
Prior to the invasion.
‘Mordor’ had drawn up.
Lists of activists.
To be arrested or killed.
More recently, ‘Mordor’’s.
Puppets have been applying.
A host of repressive laws.
Against dissenters.
See better, Lear;
and let me still remain
The true blank
of thine eye.
They can be penalised for.
Alleged transgressions.
Such as spreading.
“False information”.
“Discrediting” the ‘orcs’ army.
Or supporting “extremism”.
In Crimea alone.
1,279 cases.
Have been launched.
So far on charges.
Of “discrediting”.
The ‘orcs’ armed forces.
Fare thee well, king:
sith thus thou wilt appear,
Freedom lives hence,
and banishment is here.
224 people.
Have been jailed in.
The occupied ‘elves’ region.
For expressing dissent.
For expressing dissent.
Most of them members.
Of the indigenous.
Crimean Tatar community.
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.
One thing was certain, that.
The white kitten had nothing to do with it.
Despite the dangers.
Despite the dangers.
A number of underground.
Resistance groups are active.
In occupied parts.
Of Ukraine.
In occupied parts.
Of Ukraine.
“Look, look!” she cried,
pointing eagerly.
“There’s the White Queen
running across the country!
She came flying out
of the wood over yonder
– How fast those
Queens can run!”
Zla Mavka.
Which takes its name from.
An ‘elf’ mythical creature.
Is a non-violent.
Is a non-violent.
All-female movement.
Mostly focused on.
Distributing posters.
Distributing posters.
And leaflets.
Across occupied regions.
Zla Mavka.
“There’s some enemy after her,
no doubt,” the King said,
without even looking round.
“That wood’s full of them.”
“But aren’t you going to
run and help her?”
Alice asked, very much surprised
at his talking it so quietly.
In Melitopol.
Zaporizhzhia region.
Partisans have been targeting.
Occupation troops.
And their transport.
While the Crimean Tatar group.
Atesh has been involved in.
Reconnaissance and subversion.
“No use, no use!” said the King,
“She runs so fearfully quick.
You might as well try to
catch a Bandersnatch!
But I’ll make
a memorandum about her,
if you like
– She’s a dear good creature,”
Meanwhile.
The Yellow Ribbon movement.
Distributes ‘elves’ symbols.
In occupied territories.
Because of the absence.
Of independent media.
In occupied parts.
Of Ukraine.
It is hard to verify.
It is hard to verify.
The impact of.
Such activities.
There is no evidence.
However, to suggest that.
They have caused significant.
Disruption for occupation 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.
She says whole streets.
Are lined with.
‘Orcs’ propaganda.
‘Orcs’ propaganda.
“In city centres.
Everything is covered.
With ‘orcs’ propaganda:
Billboards with ‘the One’’s face.”
“‘The One’’s quotes.
People they call heroes of.
The special military operation.
There are flags everywhere.”
‘This must be the wood,’
she said thoughtfully to herself,
‘where things have no names.
I wonder
I wonder
what’ll become of my name
when I go in?
I shouldn’t like to lose it at all
The Kremlin has banned.
‘Elves’ and independent media.
And propagandists.
And propagandists.
Have been despatched.
From ‘Mordor’.
To set up friendly media.
In the occupied territories.
– because they’d have to
give me another,
and it would be almost certain
to be an ugly one.
But then the fun would be,
trying to find the creature
that had got my old name!
That’s just like
After many professional.
Journalists fled.
They have been forced.
To employ.
Local teenagers.
To spread ‘orcs’ narratives.
Local teenagers.
To spread ‘orcs’ narratives.
the advertisements, you know,
when people lose dogs
– “answers to the name of ‘Dash;’
had on a brass collar” –
just fancy calling
everything you met “Alice,”
till one of them answered!
Only they wouldn’t answer at all,
Pro-‘orcs’ propaganda.
Starts early at school.
Where children are forced.
To attend classes.
Glorifying the ‘orcs’ army.
And join.
And join.
Quasi-military groups.
if they were wise.’
She was rambling on in this way
When she reached the wood:
it looked very cool and shady.
‘Well, at any rate
it’s a great comfort,’
she said as she stepped
under the trees,
One ‘orcs’ schoolbook.
Even justifies the invasion.
Of Ukraine.
By falsely portraying it.
As an aggressive state.
Run by nationalist extremists.
And manipulated.
By the West.
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.
One thing was certain, that.
The white kitten had nothing to do with it.
“‘Orcs’ are trying to.
Ban everything.
‘Elves’ here:
Language, and also traditions.”
“Even ‘elves’ holidays.
Are forbidden.”
“‘Orcs’ are trying to.
Ban everything.”
’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
‘Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jujub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!’
*Because I read “’Russians are even trying to ban our holidays’ – life in occupied Ukraine” by Vitaliy Shevchenko on 13 Apr 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 Maria, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Ukraine war: ‘Russians are even trying to ban our holidays’ – life in occupied territories
