“’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.
“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!
“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!
“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!
‘Orcs’ forces are continuing.
Their offensive against.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
The capture of which.
Many analysts describe.
As the primary objective of.
‘Mordor’s military campaign.
For the coming months.
“Come, listen, my men, while I tell you again
The five unmistakable marks
By which you may know, wheresoever you go,
The warranted genuine Snarks.
Successful ‘elves’ counter-attacks.
In the Lyman area.
Have complicated.
‘Orcs’ plans.
To encircle Sloviansk.
To encircle Sloviansk.
From the north; however.
Overall, the situation.
Across this key section.
Of the front remains.
Challenging for.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
“Let us take them in order. The first is the taste,
Which is meagre and hollow, but crisp:
Like a coat that is rather too tight in the waist,
With a flavour of Will-o’-the-wisp.
In recent weeks.
‘Orcs’ units have been.
Advancing along the eastern.
And south-eastern flanks.
Of the urban area.
Gradually closing in.
Gradually closing in.
On the city’s built-up areas.
Fighting is already.
Taking place.
In the vicinity.
Of Mykolaivka.
Known as.
The ‘gateway to Sloviansk’.
— the village is less than.
Ten kilometres from the city.
“Its habit of getting up late you’ll agree
That it carries too far, when I say
That it frequently breakfasts at five-o’clock tea,
And dines on the following day.
As an officer with.
The 11th Army Corps of.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces said.
Sloviansk has become.
Sloviansk has become.
A frontline town.
And ‘orcs’ artillery is.
Capable of striking it.
“The third is its slowness in taking a jest.
Should you happen to venture on one,
It will sigh like a thing that is deeply distressed:
And it always looks grave at a pun.
Pressure continues.
To be exerted on the ‘elves’.
Armed Forces’ defences.
To the south-east of Kramatorsk.
Along the arc stretching.
From Chasiv Yar.
To Kostiantynivka.
To Dovha Balka.
Where ‘orcs’ troops.
Are attempting.
To break through.
To Druzhkivka.
The distance from there.
To Kramatorsk is.
No more than.
6–7 km.
“The fourth is its fondness for bathing-machines,
Which it constantly carries about,
And believes that they add to the beauty of scenes—
A sentiment open to doubt.
However, the prospects.
For the battle for.
Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
Should not be assessed.
Solely on the basis of.
The distance separating.
‘Orcs’ forces from.
The outskirts of these towns.
“The fifth is ambition. It next will be right
To describe each particular batch:
Distinguishing those that have feathers, and bite,
From those that have whiskers, and scratch.
‘Orcs’ attacks are continuing.
On several fronts.
Of which four main ones.
Can be identified.
— from the north.
From the east.
from the south-east and.
From the south-west.
All of them differ.
Significantly in terms of.
Both geographical conditions.
And the overall situation.
Let us examine.
The situation on.
These fronts.
In more detail.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
With its attacks.
In the northern direction.
In the direction of.
Lyman and Sviatohirsk.
In the direction of.
Lyman and Sviatohirsk.
The ‘orcs’ command pursued.
Two objectives:
To secure the right flank.
Of the force.
To secure the right flank.
Of the force.
Advancing on.
Sloviansk and Kramatorsk.
From the east.
‘Head-on’, and.
Should circumstances allow.
To outflank the ‘elves’.
Armed Forces’ fortified positions.
From the north.
Now, good sir,
what are you?
A most poor man,
made tame to fortune’s blows;
This would have created.
An opportunity.
To attempt to force.
A crossing of.
The Siverskyi Donets River.
Posing a direct threat.
To the defences.
Of Sloviansk.
Who, by the art of
known and feeling sorrows,
Am pregnant
to good pity.
Given the hilly.
And wooded terrain.
As well as the presence.
Of water obstacles.
The task looked challenging.
From the outset.
Although, on paper.
Although, on paper.
The ‘orcs’ offensive.
The ‘orcs’ offensive.
Appeared to be.
Progressing successfully.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
On 1 September.
On 1 September.
‘The One’ announced.
‘The One’ announced.
The capture of Svyatogorsk.
– a town 15 km.
North of Sloviansk.
The capture of Svyatogorsk.
The following day.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
Repeated this information.
Repeated this information.
Hearty thanks:
The bounty and
the benison of heaven
To boot, and boot!
Claims that.
A settlement 10–12 km.
From the front line.
Had been captured.
Proved to be unsubstantiated;
The commander of.
The Third Army Corps recorded.
A video from there.
Now, good sir,
what are you?
A most poor man,
made tame to fortune’s blows;
Furthermore.
The situation for.
The ‘orcs’ army there.
Actually turned out.
To be even worse.
To be even worse.
It emerged that through.
A series of counter-attacks.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Had managed to eliminate.
The ‘orcs’ bridgehead.
North-west of Lyman.
And push ‘orcs’ units back to.
The Chornyi Zherebets River.
And push ‘orcs’ units back to.
The Chornyi Zherebets River.
Who, by the art of
known and feeling sorrows,
Am pregnant
to good pity.
According to a source.
On the ‘orcs’ side.
The situation.
In his sector.
The situation.
In his sector.
And in neighbouring units.
Had deteriorated significantly.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
He claims that thanks to.
The extensive use of UAVs.
And the infiltration of.
Assault groups.
Through a sparse network.
Of observation posts.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Recaptured territories.
Stretching from.
The Siverskyi Donets.
To certain sections.
Of Zherebets.
Which had been occupied.
By ‘orcs’ troops.
At the cost of.
Heavy losses.
In late 2025.
And in 2026.
In late 2025.
And in 2026.
Hearty thanks:
The bounty and
the benison of heaven
To boot, and boot!
He says that the most.
Threatening situation is.
Unfolding on the right flank.
Of his formation.
Where several units.
Of the 20th and.
25th Armies have retreated.
And suggests that.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
May have forced.
A crossing of the river.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
Meanwhile.
A source reports.
That ‘orcs’ units are.
Making gains.
In the eastern sector.
In the eastern sector.
On the left flank.
In the sector.
Held by the ‘orcs’.
3rd Army:
Held by the ‘orcs’.
3rd Army:
They are advancing towards.
They are advancing towards.
The Sloviansk Thermal Power Station.
And Mykolaivka.
According to him.
Sloviansk is already.
Visible from.
Observation posts.
“For, although common Snarks do no manner of harm,
Yet, I feel it my duty to say,
Some are Boojums—” The Bellman broke off in alarm,
For the Baker had fainted away.
‘Elves’ military social media accounts.
Are also reporting that.
‘Orcs’ assault groups have.
Penetrated Mykolaivka.
A key stronghold.
East of Sloviansk.
And are attempting to establish.
A foothold in the built-up area.
They roused him with muffins—they roused him with ice—
They roused him with mustard and cress—
They roused him with jam and judicious advice—
They set him conundrums to guess.
However.
The situation for.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
East of Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
Did not deteriorate.
Significantly just now.
But back in August.
When at length he sat up and was able to speak,
His sad story he offered to tell;
And the Bellman cried “Silence! Not even a shriek!”
And excitedly tingled his bell.
“Whilst the ‘elves’ command.
Has been waging.
– and continues to wage –
A fierce ‘battle for its flanks’.”
“A fierce ‘battle for its flanks’.
Across the entire.
Sloviansk-Kramatorsk.
Operational sector.”
“(holding the Lyman bridgehead.
And fighting intense.
Defensive battles along.
The Dobropillia–Kostiantynivka line).”
“‘Orcs’ troops have in fact.
Managed to organise.
And carry out.
Offensive operations against.”
“Offensive operations against.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
– a ‘head-on’ assault –
– a ‘head-on’ assault –”
“Which have been relatively.
Successful for them.”
Wrote an ‘elf’ military analyst.
At the end of last month.
There was silence supreme! Not a shriek, not a scream,
Scarcely even a howl or a groan,
As the man they called “Ho!” told his story of woe
In an antediluvian tone.
According to another ‘elf’ expert.
“If the enemy’s advance.
Does not slow down.
By the end of 2026.”
“– in December –
We will see the first incursions.
By the ‘orcs’ occupation forces.
Into Sloviansk or Kramatorsk”.
“My father and mother were honest, though poor—”
“Skip all that!” cried the Bellman in haste.
“If it once becomes dark, there’s no chance of a Snark—
We have hardly a minute to waste!”
The US think tank offers.
A more favourable outlook.
For Ukraine.
For Ukraine.
According to its data.
Following the loss of.
A foothold.
In the Lyman area.
‘Orcs’ troops were forced.
To halt their frontal advance.
Towards the ‘belt of fortresses’
— in September.
The number of attacks.
Per day fell to four.
Whereas in August there.
Had been an average of 14.
“I skip forty years,” said the Baker, in tears,
“And proceed without further remark
To the day when you took me aboard of your ship
To help you in hunting the Snark.
“The ‘orcs’ ‘South’ military group.
Has currently slowed.
The pace of its advance.
On Sloviansk.”
“From the east.
Possibly to regroup.
As offensive operations.
East of the city were.”
“Likely intended.
As coordinated actions.
Complementing the efforts.
Of the ‘West’ military group.”
“In its advance on Sloviansk.
From the north-east.”
The US think tank reported.
On 13 September.
“A dear uncle of mine (after whom I was named)
Remarked, when I bade him farewell—”
“Oh, skip your dear uncle!” the Bellman exclaimed,
As he angrily tingled his bell.
It should also be borne.
In mind that.
The terrain to the east.
Of Sloviansk features.
Numerous water obstacles:
The Siverskyi Donets River.
Restricts manoeuvring.
From the north.
Whilst its tributary.
The Kazennyi Torets.
Blocks the route.
To Sloviansk.
“He remarked to me then,” said that mildest of men,
“‘If your Snark be a Snark, that is right:
Fetch it home by all means—you may serve it with greens,
And it’s handy for striking a light.
“‘Orcs’ may be relatively.
Close to Sloviansk.
But the route to the city.
Itself runs through a system.”
“But the route to the city.
Itself runs through a system.
Of natural obstacles.
And fortifications;”
“Overcoming these.
May prove to be.
A much more difficult task.
Than advancing.”
“Across open terrain.
As has been the case so far.”
Notes a Polish political scientist.
And security expert.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
Unlike the eastern sector.
The terrain to the south-east.
Of Kramatorsk.
In the south-eastern sector.
In the south-eastern sector.
The terrain to the south-east.
Of Kramatorsk.
Is more open;
Moreover, the city itself.
Is situated on.
The right bank of.
The Kazennyi Torets River.
Meaning that ‘orcs’ forces.
Do not need.
To cross the river.
To launch an assault.
“‘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—’”
However, it is precisely.
In this sector that.
Significant ‘elves’ army forces.
Are deployed and.
Several important settlements.
Are located, which.
The ‘orcs’ must bring.
Under full control.
Before launching.
An offensive directly.
On Kramatorsk.
On Kramatorsk.
(“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!”)
Fierce fighting.
Has been ongoing.
In the Kostiantynivka area.
For several months now.
Although ‘orcs’ troops have.
Captured most of it and.
Have even advanced.
On both flanks.
“‘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!’
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Continue to hold.
The outskirts of.
Chasovoy Yar and.
Are defending their positions.
In Druzhkivka.
On the road between.
Kostiantynivka and Kramatorsk.
“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!
The front here remains.
Relatively more stable.
Than in the east.
Than in the east.
But ‘orcs’ forces are.
Stepping up pressure on.
The southern approaches.
To Kramatorsk.
And posing a threat.
And posing a threat.
To ‘elves’ rear areas and.
Lines of communication.
“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!
“Yesterday, a group of.
‘Orcs’ saboteurs managed.
To infiltrate the rear.
Of ‘elves’ forces.”
“From the direction,
Of Kostiantynivka.
From the direction,
Of Kostiantynivka.”
“Penetrating at least 10 km.
And kill three or four.
‘Elves’ UAV operators.
In the town of Druzhkivka.”
“At the time of the ambush.
The operators were.
At their posts, unarmed.
And not expecting an attack;”
“Their throats were slit.
And they were then shot dead.”
Reported the pro-‘elves’ channel.
On 26 August.
“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 sabotage group was.
Not eliminated and.
May still be operating.
Within Druzhkivka.”
“It is reported that.
The saboteurs have changed.
Into civilian clothing and.
Are in hiding somewhere.”
“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!”
As the ‘orcs’ army.
Approaches Kramatorsk.
The number of strikes.
On the city is increasing.
And it is becoming.
Increasingly difficult to.
Use military equipment.
Almost all the bridges.
Almost all the bridges.
In the city.
Have been destroyed.
Have been destroyed.
And attacks with.
Guided bombs and drones.
Have become.
An everyday reality.
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!
“Attacks are taking place.
Dozens of times a day.
Dozens of cars.
Farm buildings.”
“Residential properties.
Administrative buildings.
And garages have been damaged;
They’re simply setting fire.”
“To everything in sight.”
A spokeswoman for.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces’.
93rd Mechanised Brigade 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?
“In the evenings.
And mornings.
There’s hardly anyone.
On the streets.”
“During the day.
There are armed people.
Everywhere…
Everyone carries a weapon;”
“They go for a coffee.
With a weapon.
Head to the shop.
With a weapon.”
“And so on, because.
Drones are everywhere now.
and you never know.
What might happen.”
“They can strike.
At any moment.”
Says the ‘elves’.
Armed Forces spokesperson.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
The ‘orcs’ army is.
Attempting to advance.
South-west of.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
In the south-western sector.
In the south-western sector.
South-west of.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
Geolocation data indicates.
The presence of.
‘Orcs’ sabotage and.
Reconnaissance groups.
In Hannivka.
North-east of Dobropillia.
And less than six kilometres.
South-west of Druzhkivka.
“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.
It might seem that.
The fighting there.
Is taking place.
On the periphery.
Of the main theatre.
Of operations, but.
Judging by the outline.
Of the offensive operation.
The ‘orcs’ general staff.
Considers this direction.
To be one of.
Their priorities.
“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!
According to military experts.
The original plan was.
To encircle Kramatorsk.
And Sloviansk.
To encircle Kramatorsk.
And Sloviansk.
From both sides.
With counter-attacks.
From the Dobropillia area.
In the south-west.
And Sviatohirsk.
In the north.
“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!”
“The aim of.
Such an operation.
Would not necessarily.”
Would not necessarily.”
“Be the rapid capture.
Of Kramatorsk itself.”
Of Kramatorsk itself.”
Writes the Polish security expert.
“’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.
“It would be far more important.
To create a situation.
In which ‘orcs’ pressure would.
Gradually encircle.”
“The entire group.
Of ‘elves’ troops.
Deployed around.
This urban agglomeration.”
“In such a scenario.
The actions of.
‘Orcs’ forces from.”
‘Orcs’ forces from.”
“The direction.
Of Dobropillia.
Mykolaivka or.
Druzhkivka would cease.”
“To be isolated operations.
And would become.
Part of a single.
Larger-scale mechanism.”
“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!
If the threat.
In this sector.
Became serious enough.
The ‘elves’ command would.
Be forced to begin withdrawing.
Some of its forces.
From positions further east.
To avoid being cut off.
From the main retreat routes.
And logistical supply lines.
This would then trigger.
A ‘domino effect’.
Writes the Polish expert.
Describing such a turn.
Of events as the most.
Dangerous for Ukraine.
“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!
However.
Following the ‘orcs’ force’s.
Failure north of.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
Further advancement.
Along a narrow front.
With no prospect of.
Linking up with other units.
Could prove dangerous.
For the attackers themselves.
A year ago.
‘Orcs’ troops had already.
Faced troublesome.
Flanking counter-attacks.
By the ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Near Dobropillia.
“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!
“The ‘orcs’ command.
Has probably not yet.
Fully taken into account.”
Fully taken into account.”
“The consequences.
Of the recent ‘elves’.
Armed Forces counter-attacks.
In the Lyman area.”
“And the subsequent failure.
Of the attempt.
To encircle the area.
From the north;”
“Therefore, the ‘orcs’.
‘Centre’ group of forces.
Is continuing its offensive.
At a rapid pace.”
“Seeking to encircle.
The ‘belt of fortresses’.
From the south-west.”
The US think tank reported.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
As of mid-September.
The Sloviansk–Kramatorsk sector.
Remains the key theatre.
Of operations in Ukraine.
At present.
At present.
There is no question.
There is no question.
Of either an assault.
On Sloviansk or Kramatorsk.
On Sloviansk or Kramatorsk.
Nor of the front stabilising.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
The situation remains fluid:
‘Mordor’ retains the initiative.
And is constantly applying.
Pressure on the approaches.
To the urban area.
Whilst the ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Are holding.
The main defensive lines.
Around Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
And continuing to launch.
Localised counter-attacks.
They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,
And the Beaver, excited at last,
Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,
For the daylight was nearly past.
According to the US think tank.
In August.
‘Orcs’ advanced.
Into ‘elves’ territory.
Covering an area of.
Around 124 square kilometres.
Which is approximately.
A quarter of the area.
It captured.
During the same month.
Last year.
Last year.
This is an extremely.
Slow pace and.
It is costing ‘Mordor’.
Enormous losses.
“There is Thingumbob shouting!” the Bellman said,
“He is shouting like mad, only hark!
He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
He has certainly found a Snark!”
A researcher points out that.
There are two main lines.
There are two main lines.
Of new ‘elves’ fortifications.
Near Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
Near Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
With a third still.
Under construction.
And that ‘orcs’ troops have.
Not yet reached them.
They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed
“He was always a desperate wag!”
They beheld him—their Baker—their hero unnamed—
On the top of a neighbouring crag,
At the same time, he notes.
‘Elves’ logistics are currently.
Facing difficulties.
Due to their own fortifications:
There are a limited number.
Of passages through.
The continuous lines.
The continuous lines.
Of trenches.
Barbed wire and.
Anti-tank barriers.
And the ‘orcs’ are attempting.
To attack ‘elves’ vehicles.
Precisely at these points.
To attack ‘elves’ vehicles.
Precisely at these points.
Erect and sublime, for one moment of time,
In the next, that wild figure they saw
(As if stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm,
While they waited and listened in awe.
At the end of August.
The ‘orc’ ‘z-blogger’ expressed.
Scepticism regarding.
The statements.
Made by the Chief of.
The General Staff of ‘Mordor’.
About breaching.
The first line.
About breaching.
The first line.
Of defence of.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk fortified area.
Acknowledging that.
They “are intended to.
Influence domestic and.
International audiences”.
“We must recognise.
The intensity of.
The fighting and.
The pace of the advance.”
“Which make it impossible.
To envisage.
A swift breakthrough of.
The Sloviansk–Kramatorsk–Druzhkivka line.”
“And a push.
“And a push.
Into the operational space.
Leading to the Dnipro.”
“There is no such space.
Where drones would not hamper.
The actions of both armies.
On the ground.”
“It’s a Snark!” was the sound that first came to their ears,
And seemed almost too good to be true.
Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
Then the ominous words “It’s a Boo—”
The part of the Donbas.
That remains under ‘elves’ control.
Is of crucial importance.
To both sides in the war.
For the ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
It is, first and foremost.
A fortified area.
That prevents the capture.
Of the fertile lands.
Of central Ukraine and.
The industrially developed.
Dnipropetrovsk region.
Then, silence. Some fancied they heard in the air
A weary and wandering sigh
That sounded like “-jum!” but the others declare
It was only a breeze that went by.
“As before.
There is no guarantee that.
Following the capture.
Of the Donbas.”
“The ‘orcs’ will not.
Continue their advance.
Towards the Dnieper.
As they need water resources.”
“To restore industry.
And the mines.
In the Donetsk region.”
Writes the researcher.
They hunted till darkness came on, but they found
Not a button, or feather, or mark,
By which they could tell that they stood on the ground
Where the Baker had met with the Snark.
In his view.
The battle for Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
Will be one of.
Will be one of.
The longest and.
Bloodiest battles.
In history.
In the midst of the word he was trying to say,
In the midst of his laughter and glee,
He had softly and suddenly vanished away—
For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
It is telling that.
At the end of August.
At the end of August.
The ‘elves’ command appointed.
The commanders of.
The 3rd and 1st Army Corps.
– both legendary men –
To be responsible.
For the defence.
Of the Donbas.
For the defence.
Of the Donbas.
“’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.
“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!
“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!
“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!
*Because I read “Росія наближається до “поясу фортець” біля Слов’янська і Краматорська: як на це вплине контрнаступ ЗСУ біля Лиману(Russia is approaching the “belt of fortresses” near Sloviansk and Kramatorsk: how will the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ counteroffensive near Liman affect this?)” by Ilya Abishev on 16 Sep 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, including a story of Lyakh, a story of Mashovets, a story of Kovalenko, some reports of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a story of Goszczyniak, a report of AMK Mapping, a story of Rybakova, and a story of Molin, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
