“For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light:
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright.”
At least three people.
Were killed and.
Several injured overnight.
In a large-scale ‘elves’ drone attack.
On the Moscow region.
‘Orcs’ officials have said.
On the Moscow region.
‘Orcs’ officials have said.
“‘You may seek it with thimbles—and seek it with care;
You may hunt it with forks and hope;
You may threaten its life with a railway-share;
You may charm it with smiles and soap—’”
A woman died.
In Khimki, north of Moscow.
And a person was.
Trapped under rubble.
The regional governor said.
A man and a woman.
Were killed in.
The village of Pogorelki.
(“That’s exactly the method,” the Bellman bold
In a hasty parenthesis cried,
“That’s exactly the way I have always been told
That the capture of Snarks should be tried!”)
A male Indian citizen.
Was killed and.
Three others injured.
But it was not clear.
But it was not clear.
Whether these casualties.
Were included in.
The regional governor’s tally.
Another person died.
In Belgorod region.
Bordering Ukraine.
Bordering Ukraine.
“‘But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!’
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
The strikes were.
An “entirely justified” response.
An “entirely justified” response.
To deadly ‘orcs’ attacks.
On ‘elves’ cities.
To deadly ‘orcs’ attacks.
On ‘elves’ cities.
‘Orcs’ state news agency described.
The strikes as.
The biggest attack on Moscow.
For more than a year.
“It is this, it is this that oppresses my soul,
When I think of my uncle’s last words:
And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl
Brimming over with quivering curds!
Earlier this week.
A massive ‘orcs’ drone.
And missile attack killed.
24 people in Kyiv.
In Ukraine.
Eight people were injured.
In ‘orcs’ drone attacks.
And shelling.
In the central.
Dnipropetrovsk region.
Dnipropetrovsk region.
Officials said.
“It is this, it is this—“ “We have had that before!”
The Bellman indignantly said.
And the Baker replied “Let me say it once more.
It is this, it is this that I dread!
In a post on Telegram.
Early on Sunday.
The Moscow regional governor.
Wrote that.
“Since three o’clock.
In the morning.
Air defence forces.
Have been repelling.”
“A large-scale UAV drone attack.
On the capital region”.
He said four people.
– three men and a woman –
Were injured.
In the region.
And a number of.
Houses damaged.
A private house.
Was on fire.
In the village of Subbotino.
South-west of Moscow.
“I engage with the Snark—every night after dark—
In a dreamy delirious fight:
I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes,
And I use it for striking a light:
The Moscow Mayor said.
12 people were injured.
When drones hit an entrance.
To the city’s oil refinery.
When drones hit an entrance.
To the city’s oil refinery.
Three nearby houses.
Were damaged.
“But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,
In a moment (of this I am sure),
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away—
And the notion I cannot endure!”
‘Orcs’ military said.
556 drones.
Were intercepted.
Around the country.
About 130 of them.
In Moscow region.
About 130 of them.
In Moscow region.
The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
“If only you’d spoken before!
It’s excessively awkward to mention it now,
With the Snark, so to speak, at the door!
Meanwhile, Sheremetyevo.
– ‘orcs’ busiest airport.
That serves Moscow –
That serves Moscow –
Reported drone wreckage.
On its territory.
It said no-one.
Was injured.
“The situation in.
The passenger terminals.
Is calm.
Sheremetyevo Airport is.”
“Sheremetyevo Airport is.
Providing stable passenger.
And aircraft services.”
Airport authorities said.
“We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,
If you never were met with again—
But surely, my man, when the voyage began,
You might have suggested it then?
Later on Sunday.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said that.
‘Elves’ “long-range sanctions.
Have reached the Moscow region”.
Referring to.
The latest drone attack.
“We are clearly.
Telling the ‘orcs’:”
“We are clearly.
Telling the ‘orcs’:
Their state must end its war.”
He wrote in a post.
“It’s excessively awkward to mention it now—
As I think I’ve already remarked.”
And the man they called “Hi!” replied, with a sigh,
“I informed you the day we embarked.
In a statement.
‘Elves’ state security service.
SBU said that.
– together with ‘elves’ military –
It had struck.
Several oil facilities and.
A semiconductor-making plant.
In the Moscow region.
It added that a number of.
Air defence systems were hit.
At the Belbek military airfield.
In Crimea.
In Crimea.
– ‘elves’ southern peninsula.
Annexed by ‘Mordor’.
In 2014.
“You may charge me with murder—or want of sense—
(We are all of us weak at times):
But the slightest approach to a false pretence
Was never among my crimes!
‘Gandalf the Green’ had earlier.
Pledged to retaliate for.
Pledged to retaliate for.
The deadly ‘orcs’ attack.
On Kyiv.
And other ‘elves’ regions.
On Kyiv.
And other ‘elves’ regions.
“I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch—
I said it in German and Greek:
But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
That English is what you speak!”
He said on Saturday.
That this week.
Ukraine had already destroyed.
High-value ‘orcs’ military equipment.
High-value ‘orcs’ military equipment.
Including aircraft.
A helicopter and.
A cargo ship.
‘Orcs’ oil facilities.
‘Orcs’ oil facilities.
Had also been attacked.
He added.
“’Tis a pitiful tale,” said the Bellman, whose face
Had grown longer at every word:
“But, now that you’ve stated the whole of your case,
More debate would be simply absurd.
In recent months.
‘Elves’ military has intensified.
Its strikes on key energy facilities.
Across ‘Mordor’.
Kyiv says they are.
Legitimate targets as.
They allow ‘Mordor’ to.
Continue its war effort.
“The rest of my speech” (he explained to his men)
“You shall hear when I’ve leisure to speak it.
But the Snark is at hand, let me tell you again!
‘Tis your glorious duty to seek it!
Also overnight.
‘Orcs’ carried out.
More than 30 drone.
And shelling attacks.
On four districts of.
The Dnipropetrovsk region.
The Dnipropetrovsk region.
The top local official said.
“To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;
To pursue it with forks and hope;
To threaten its life with a railway-share;
To charm it with smiles and soap!
He said eight people.
Were injured.
And a number of houses.
Were damaged or destroyed.
Three people were injured.
In the regional capital.
Of Dnipro.
Of Dnipro.
And a number of.
Fires were reported.
In the city.
In the city.
“For the Snark’s a peculiar creature, that won’t
Be caught in a commonplace way.
Do all that you know, and try all that you don’t:
Not a chance must be wasted to-day!
On Saturday evening.
A woman was injured.
In an ‘orcs’ drone attack.
In ‘elves’ southern Zaporizhzhia region.
In its latest update.
‘Elves’ air force said that.
‘Orcs’ had launched.
287 drones since late Saturday.
It said that 279 drones.
Were shot down or intercepted.
But there were eight direct hits.
In seven locations.
“For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light:
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright.”
*Because I read “Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region, says Russia” by Toby Mann & Jaroslav Lukiv on 17 May 2026, 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 “some lines” quoted in the last part of ‘CHAPTER XVIII YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE’ of ‘BOOK II ALONE May 10, 1940–June 22, 1941’ in ‘The Second World War: The Classic One-Volume Abridgment’ written by Winston S. Churchill, and ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Large-scale Ukrainian drone attack kills three in Moscow region, says Russia
