Year: 2025

Deploying one of its. Most effective drone units. And hundreds of. North Korean troops.   Along with the usual. Marines and paratroopers. A powerful ‘orcs’ force. Squeezed the ‘elves’-held salient.   A powerful ‘orcs’ force. Squeezed the ‘elves’-held salient. In western ‘Mordor’’s. Kursk Oblast last week.     More importantly. ‘Mordor’ has pushed. One of […]

Officials in Kyiv said. The scale of the attack. Was intended as a signal. To push ‘the One’.   To push ‘the One’. To agree. To a ceasefire. In the air and sea.     Three men have been killed. In the Moscow region. In what is described. As the largest drone attack.   On […]

‘Orcs’ up-armored. “Turtle tanks”. —armored vehicles with layers. Of shell-like anti-drone armor—   Are, at their worst. “Blind, loud and stupid”. Owing to their extra weight. And limited visibility.   At their best. They’re a safer way for troops. To cross the drone-patrolled. No-man’s-land of.   No-man’s-land of. The 800-mile front line. Of ‘orcs’ wider […]

After eight months of. Brutal urban fighting. Characterized by. The demolition of entire highrises.   ‘Orcs’ forces claimed. Full control of. The city of Toretsk. In eastern Ukraine in early February.   A month later. The ‘orcs’ are retreating. A month later. The ‘orcs’ are retreating.     Seth, that flies lazy circles. Over the […]

That means. A single unmanned boat. Might with a little. Luck and skill.   On the part of. Its operators back on land. Destroy more than. One ‘orcs’ target.   And with a lot of. Luck and skill. A single drone boat might destroy.  … a lot of ‘orcs’ targets.     Several navies are. […]

Which is easiest to do, Un-dish-cover fish, or dishcover the riddle?’ Which is easiest to do?   ‘“First, the fish must be caught.” That is easy: a baby, I think, could have caught it.   “Next, the fish must be bought.” That is easy: a penny, I think, would have bought it.   “Now cook […]

As the conflict shows. No sign of easing. As the conflict shows. No sign of easing.   The deadliest strikes. Occurred late on Friday. In the Donetsk Region. Town of Dobropillya.     The town lies north-west. Of ‘orcs’-held Donetsk city. At least 11 people. Were killed when.   Two ballistic missiles hit. Eight residential […]

An ‘elf’ doctor. Now in the UK. Has described. How she and her family.   Were “sure they would die”. Were “sure they would die”. As they sheltered. From missiles in a basement.     “We were really sure. We would die. It’s like a nightmare. And the nightmare didn’t end.”     She is […]

The ‘elves’ have a name. For this muddy season: Bezdorizhzhya. Bezdorizhzhya.   This year’s bezdorizhzhya. Has already begun. Claiming victims. In eastern Ukraine.     There’s a reason. There’s a reason. Purpose-made armored vehicles. Purpose-made armored vehicles.   Tend to have. Metal tracks or. Barring that. Big fat off-road tires.   A mechanized force can’t. […]

Early Thursday morning. An ‘orcs’ force with. No fewer than. 25 vehicles.   And potentially hundreds. Of troops attacked. Positions manned by. The ‘elves’ army’s.   24th Mechanized Brigade. Around Pokrovsk. A fortress city. In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.   On paper, it was. A powerful force. Including BMD. Fighting vehicles.   And in theory. […]