and she really did
rise as she spoke,
several inches;
but she got hold of
the edge of the table,
and managed to
pull herself
down again.
‘Take care of yourself!’
screamed the White Queen,
seizing Alice’s hair with both her hands.
‘Something’s going to happen!’
And then (as Alice
afterwards described it)
all sorts of things
happened in a moment.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has branded.
An ‘orcs’ missile attack.
That killed five members.
Of the same family.
A “horrific crime”.
A “horrific crime”.
That killed five members.
Of the same family.
The candles all grew up
to the ceiling,
The candles all grew up
to the ceiling,
looking something like
a bed of rushes
with fireworks
at the top.
The attack.
– which officials said.
Had killed eight people –
Comes after.
‘Gandalf the Green’ met.
The US President.
In Washington DC.
This week.
To urge the US.
To grant Ukraine.
A licence to produce.
Patriot interceptor missiles.
As to the bottles,
they each took
a pair of plates,
which they hastily fitted on
as wings, and so,
with forks for legs,
went fluttering about
in all directions:
The Local defence council chief.
Said two private homes.
Had been destroyed.
In the attacks.
Another eight people.
Were wounded.
Including an 84-year-old woman.
Who was taken to hospital.
And two children.
Who were pulled.
From the rubble alive.
Officials added.
‘and very like birds they look,’
Alice thought to herself,
‘and very like birds they look,’
Alice thought to herself,
as well as she could
in the dreadful confusion
that was beginning.
that was beginning.
The Polish Prime Minister said.
An object that.
Crashed into a field.
In eastern Poland.
In the early hours.
Of Thursday.
Was probably.
An ‘orcs’ missile.
At this moment she heard
a hoarse laugh at her side,
and turned to see
what was the matter
with the White Queen;
but, instead of the Queen,
there was the leg of mutton
sitting in the chair.
The ‘elf’ acting Foreign Minister.
Had earlier said an ‘orcs’.
Kh-101 cruise missile.
Had “crossed into Poland.”
“As part of ‘orcs’.
Massive strike.
Against Ukraine.
Violating Nato airspace”.
‘Here I am!’ cried a voice
from the soup-tureen,
and Alice turned again,
just in time to see
the Queen’s broad good-natured face
grinning at her for a moment
over the edge of the tureen,
before she disappeared into the soup.
Ukraine had been expecting.
An ‘orcs’ offensive.
With ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Warning just hours.
Warning just hours.
Before the strikes.
That ‘Mordor’ was preparing.
For a “massive attack”.
There was not a moment
to be lost.
There was not a moment
to be lost.
Already several of
the guests were lying down
in the dishes,
in the dishes,
In Kyiv.
One person died and.
Fires broke out in three.
Non-residential buildings overnight.
The capital’s mayor.
Wrote on Telegram.
The mayor of Poltava.
Also reported a death.
Also reported a death.
Which came after he said.
A Nova Poshta postal terminal.
Had been attacked.
and the soup ladle was
walking up the table
towards Alice’s chair,
and beckoning to her
impatiently to get out
of its way.
impatiently to get out
of its way.
There were also explosions.
In Lviv and.
The mayor said.
Residential buildings had been damaged.
Multiple people were injured.
With some trapped.
Under a building.
He added.
Saying residents.
Were helping rescuers.
To clear the rubble.
To clear the rubble.
‘You ought to return thanks
in a neat speech,’
the Red Queen said,
frowning at Alice as she spoke.
‘We must support you, you know,’
the White Queen whispered,
as Alice got up to do it,
very obediently,
In neighbouring Poland.
The Prime Minister was heading.
To the site.
Of a 10m-crater.
After “a violation.
Of Polish airspace occurred”.
During ‘orcs’ attack.
On Lviv.
but a little frightened.
‘Thank you very much,’
she whispered in reply,
‘but I can do quite well without.’
‘That wouldn’t be at all the thing,’
the Red Queen said very decidedly:
so Alice tried to submit to it
with a good grace.
Polish armed forces said.
They had mobilised.
On-duty fighter jets.
During the strikes.
After detecting at least.
A dozen missiles.
Over western Ukraine.
That could have posed.
That could have posed.
A threat.
To Polish airspace.
To Polish airspace.
(‘And they did push so!
she said afterwards,
when she was telling her sister
the history of the feast.
‘You would have thought
they wanted to squeeze me flat!’)
In fact it was
rather difficult for her
The closest one was.
Observed about 5km.
From the Polish border.
At 03:29.
After which it changed.
Direction and.
Headed eastwards.
Headed eastwards.
to keep in her place
while she made her speech:
the two Queens pushed her so,
one on each side,
that they nearly lifted her
up into the air:
‘I rise to return thanks –’
Alice began:
The military said.
They had subsequently.
Located the crater.
With scattered debris.
On Polish soil.
– in a field.
About 2km away from.
The village of Tarnawa-Kolonia.
Lublin province.
In the south.
The site has been secured.
They said.
and she really did
rise as she spoke,
several inches;
but she got hold of
the edge of the table,
and managed to
pull herself
down again.
Police said they had.
Received a report.
Of a powerful explosion.
In the area.
Poland’s prime minister said.
The crater was likely.
Caused by an ‘orcs’ missile.
But investigations were still ongoing.
“All the indications are.
That it was an ‘orcs’.
Kh-101 ballistic missile.
But we want to be.”
“100% certain about.
The type of missile.
And who launched it,”
And who launched it,”
‘Take care of yourself!’
screamed the White Queen,
seizing Alice’s hair with both her hands.
‘Something’s going to happen!’
And then (as Alice
afterwards described it)
all sorts of things
happened in a moment.
Meanwhile in ‘Mordor’.
A regional official reported.
An overnight attack.
On the warehouse.
Of a retailer.
In the city of Penza.
One person was injured.
At a Wildberries facility.
The candles all grew up
to the ceiling,
The candles all grew up
to the ceiling,
looking something like
a bed of rushes
with fireworks
at the top.
Wildberries is often described.
As ‘’Orcs’ Amazon”.
And its sites have been.
The target of recent ‘elves’ attacks.
The military action follows.
Repeated calls by ‘Gandalf the Green’.
To bolster ‘elves’.
Anti-ballistic missile defences.
As to the bottles,
they each took
a pair of plates,
which they hastily fitted on
as wings, and so,
with forks for legs,
went fluttering about
in all directions:
“The protection.
Of people’s lives.
Depends directly.
On their willingness.”
“Or lack of willingness.
To provide air defence missiles.”
He wrote on X.
On Wednesday.
‘and very like birds they look,’
Alice thought to herself,
‘and very like birds they look,’
Alice thought to herself,
as well as she could
in the dreadful confusion
that was beginning.
that was beginning.
The Patriot is one of.
The few air defence systems.
Able to intercept.
Ballistic missiles.
Which ‘Mordor’ has increasingly used.
To bombard ‘elves’ cities.
Which ‘Mordor’ has increasingly used.
To bombard ‘elves’ cities.
At this moment she heard
a hoarse laugh at her side,
and turned to see
what was the matter
with the White Queen;
but, instead of the Queen,
there was the leg of mutton
sitting in the chair.
‘Here I am!’ cried a voice
from the soup-tureen,
and Alice turned again,
just in time to see
the Queen’s broad good-natured face
grinning at her for a moment
over the edge of the tureen,
before she disappeared into the soup.
*Because I read “At least five members of same family killed in Russian missile attack, Zelensky says” by Ian Aikman, Ottilie Mitchelland & Adam Easton on 30 Jul 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, including a story of the Voronov family, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Five members of same family killed in Russian missile attack, Zelensky says
