Year: 2025

“Help Ukraine.” He told you. As he was led away. “Help Ukraine.”     Six hours drive from Kyiv. In the heart of Ukraine. A young soldier is. In the dock.   A burly 24-year-old. Is locked in. A glass cubicle. In a packed courtroom.   In the city of Dnipro. He is on trial. […]

A woman, 36. Wails in anguish. – her agony. Echoing around.   Echoing around. The gilded walls of. St Michael’s Cathedral. In Kyiv.   She sits with. Her hands resting. On both sides. Of her stomach.   She is heavily. Pregnant with. Her first child. A baby girl.   Her husband is. Just inches away. […]

The authorities don’t. Publish the numbers. Of ‘elves’ held. As prisoners of war.   But the number. Is thought to be. More than 8,000. More than 8,000.     In a statement. The SBU said. Co-operating with. ‘Orcs’ agents.   “Will in no way. Ease the plight. Of the prisoner; On the contrary.”   “On […]

Her husband was. Released from. Captivity just over. Three months ago.   The couple are now. Happily back together. And enjoy playing with. Their four-year-old son.   How did she feel? When her husband was? Finally set free? Finally set free?   “There were tears. Of joy like. I’ve never cried before.” She says, beaming. […]

At least 13 people. Have been killed and. another 32 injured. In ‘orcs’ shelling.   In ‘elves’ southern city. Of Zaporizhzhia. The attack was described. As “cruel” and “cynical”.     Zaporizhzhia lies close. To the front line. Zaporizhzhia lies close. To the front line.     “The ‘orcs’ cynically. Attacked the city. In the […]

Tiny explosive drones. Have rendered. Large-scale armored assaults. Practically suicidal.   All along the 800-mile. Front line of ‘Mordor’’s. 35-month wider war. On Ukraine.     “Every single time”. ‘Orcs’ regiments attempt. A vehicle assault. “The result is zero.”   One ‘orc’ blogger lamented. But that doesn’t mean. The ‘orcs’ can’t advance. Indeed, they are […]

Capturing the fortress town. Of Pokrovsk. Is one of ‘orcs’. Top objectives.   Defending the fortress town. Of Pokrovsk. Is one of ‘elves’. Top objectives.     For the troops. On the ground. That means relentless. Close fighting.   In the towns. And farmland. Surrounding Pokrovsk. A key transportation hub.   With a pre-war population. […]

The ‘elves’ are. Reinforcing Pokrovsk. The ‘elves’ are. Reinforcing Pokrovsk.     A pair of ‘orcs’ field armies. Together overseeing. 70,000 troops in dozens. Of regiments and brigades.   Is bearing down. On Pokrovsk. A fortress city in eastern. ‘Elves’ Donetsk Oblast.   Bracing for the coming assault. The culmination of. An ‘orcs’ offensive that […]

For the second time. In two weeks. ‘Elves’ forces have blown up. A headquarters.   Belonging to the ‘orcs’. 810th Naval Infantry Brigade. The battered brigade. One of the lead units.   For ‘orcs’ two-month-old. Counteroffensive. In western ‘Mordor’’s. Kursk Oblast.   Just can’t catch. A break. Just can’t catch. A break.     The […]

Against all odds. ‘Elves’ forces went on. The attack. On Sunday.   Assault groups. Anchored by ‘elves’. Independent air assault forces. Rolled out.   From their trenches. And basement bunkers. On the northern edge of. The 250-square-mile salient.   ‘Elves’ troops hold in western. ‘Mordor’’s Kursk Oblast. And despite. Being outnumbered.   Three-to-one. All along […]