Here she checked herself
in some alarm,
at hearing something
that sounded to her
like the puffing of
a large steam-engine
in the wood near them,
though she feared
For the first time.
‘Orcs’ managed to.
Attack Lviv.
With a Shahed drone.
– on the morning.
Of 10 October.
The drone flew across.
The whole of Ukraine.
And struck the city.
And struck the city.
The drone flew across.
The whole of Ukraine.
it was more likely
to be a wild beast.
‘Are there any lions or tigers
about here?’ she asked timidly.
‘It’s only the Red King
snoring,’ said Tweedledee.
‘Come and look at him!’
the brothers cried,
The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Described the Shahed drone attacks.
On the western regions.
On the western regions.
As “the new reality.
In which we will be living”.
As “the new reality.
In which we will be living”.
and they took each one of
Alice’s hands,
and led her up to where
the King was sleeping.
‘Isn’t he a lovely sight?’
said Tweedledum.
Alice couldn’t say
honestly that he was.
According to the Air Force.
On the night.
Of 10 October.
‘Mordor’ attacked Ukraine.
‘Mordor’ attacked Ukraine.
With 160 strike drones.
110 of which were.
Jet-powered ‘Shahed’ drones.
He had a tall
red night-cap on,
with a tassel, and
he was lying crumpled up
into a sort of untidy heap,
and snoring loud
– ‘fit to snore his head off!’
as Tweedledum remarked.
Air defence forces.
Shot down or intercepted.
117 drones;
However.
Hits were recorded.
At 14 locations.
And debris was found.
At 10 locations.
‘I’m afraid he’ll catch cold
with lying on the damp grass,’
said Alice, who was
a very thoughtful little girl.
‘He’s dreaming now,’
said Tweedledee:
‘and what do you think
he’s dreaming about?’
‘Orcs’ had previously.
Launched KAB strikes.
Launched KAB strikes.
On Kramatorsk.
killing 33 people.
On public buses.
killing 33 people.
On public buses.
Alice said, ‘Nobody
can guess that.’
‘Why, about you!’
Tweedledee exclaimed,
clapping his hands triumphantly.
‘And if he left off
dreaming about you,
where do you suppose you’d be?’
The Mayor reported that.
A drone had flown.
Into Lviv itself.
Into Lviv itself.
The Regional Governor stated that.
The air defence system.
Had attempted.
To shoot it down.
Residents of Lviv.
Are reporting an explosion.
Closer to the outskirts.
Of the city.
‘Where I am now,
of course,’ said Alice.
‘Not you!’ Tweedledee
retorted contemptuously.
‘You’d be nowhere.
Why, you’re only
a sort of thing
in his dream!’
The Regional Governor later stated.
That air defence forces.
Had shot down a drone.
Near the city.
And that there had been.
No damage or casualties.
And that there had been.
No damage or casualties.
At around 9 am.
A yellow-level air raid alert.
Was again declared in Lviv.
Due to a drone attack.
‘If that there King was to wake,’
added Tweedledum,
‘you’d go out – bang! –
just like a candle!’
‘I shouldn’t!’
Alice exclaimed indignantly.
‘Besides, if I’m only
a sort of thing
Meanwhile.
Throughout the night.
Leading up to 10 October.
‘Mordor’ carried out.
What was perhaps.
Its first-ever large-scale attack.
Using jet-powered ‘Shahed’ drones.
Specifically against western Ukraine.
in his dream,
what are you,
I should like to know?’
‘Ditto,’ said Tweedledum.
‘Ditto, ditto!’ cried Tweedledee.
He shouted this
so loud that Alice
couldn’t help saying,
The Air Force reported.
Numerous strikes on.
Lutsk and Dubno.
In the Rivne region.
The mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk.
Reported that at least.
Five drones had struck.
The city during the night.
‘Hush! You’ll be
waking him,
I’m afraid,
if you make so much noise.’
‘Well, it’s no use your talking
about waking him,’
said Tweedledum,
‘when you’re only
The Lviv City Council.
Announced that.
As previously in Kyiv.
Two levels of air threat.
Two levels of air threat.
Are being introduced.
In Lviv:
Red and yellow.
Yellow alert.
– in the event of a threat.
From attack drones;
From attack drones;
Red alert.
– in the event of a missile.
Missile-drone or.
Mass drone threat.
From now on.
The all-clear signal.
From now on.
The all-clear signal.
Will be announced.
By a female voice.
And there will no longer.
Be a siren.
one of the things
in his dream.
You know very well
you’re not real.’
‘I am real!’ said Alice,
and began to cry.
‘I am real!’ said Alice,
and began to cry.
Since the end of August.
‘Mordor’ has been carrying out.
Drone attacks.
On Kyiv.
Using jet-powered ‘Shahed’ drones.
As a result of which.
The air-raid alert.
Has been in effect.
The air-raid alert.
Has been in effect.
Almost continuously.
In the capital.
Over time.
The ‘orcs’ began attacking.
Western regions.
Western regions.
With drones.
As well as border.
Crossing points.
With Poland.
‘You won’t make yourself
a bit realler by crying,’
Tweedledee remarked:
‘there’s nothing to cry about.’
‘If I wasn’t real,’ Alice said
– half-laughing through her tears,
it all seemed so ridiculous –
‘I shouldn’t be able to cry.’
In recent days.
Drones have begun.
To reach regions.
That were previously.
Out of range.
For jet-powered Shaheds.
– Ivano-Frankivsk and.
Today, Lviv.
‘I hope you don’t suppose
those are real tears?’
Tweedledum interrupted
in a tone of great contempt.
‘I know they’re talking nonsense,’
Alice thought to herself:
‘and it’s foolish
to cry about it.’
Analysts point out that.
Before winter sets in.
Before winter sets in.
The ‘orcs’ will attempt.
To adapt.
Their jet-powered Shahed drones.
So that they can reach.
Even the westernmost regions.
In an effort.
To cause problems.
With heating and electricity.
In Lviv as well.
So she brushed away her tears,
and went on
as cheerfully as she could,
‘At any rate
I’d better be getting out
of the wood,
for really it’s coming on
very dark.
These jet-powered ‘shahids’.
Reach speeds of.
Over 500 km per hour.
And fly at considerable altitude.
Making them difficult.
To shoot down.
Using conventional mobile fire units.
Or interceptors.
Do you think it’s going to rain?’
Tweedledum spread
a large umbrella over
himself and his brother,
and looked up into it.
‘No, I don’t think it is,’
he said: ‘at least
– not under here. Nohow.’
*Because I read “У Запоріжжі 23 загиблих від удару Росії, Львів вперше атакував реактивний шахед (23 killed in Zaporizhia from Russian strike, Lviv attacked by jet fighter for the first time)” on 10 Oct 2026 on the BBC news Ukraine, 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 ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
У Запоріжжі 23 загиблих від удару Росії, Львів вперше атакував реактивний шахед – BBC News Україна
