Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
The commander of.
The Third Army Corps.
Has officially announced.
For the first time.
The ‘Vivaldi’ offensive operation.
Near Lyman.
The ‘Vivaldi’ offensive operation.
Near Lyman.
Which had already been.
Reported in the media.
For several weeks.
For several weeks.
Now, good sir,
what are you?
A most poor man,
made tame to fortune’s blows;
Who, by the art of
known and feeling sorrows,
Am pregnant
to good pity.
“The Third Corps has cleared.
Novoselivka.
Oleksandrivka.
Yarova and.”
“The outskirts of Korovyi Yar.
Of enemy infiltrators.
And liberated Seredne!”
Reads his statement.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Hearty thanks:
The bounty and
the benison of heaven
To boot, and boot!
The commander confirmed reports.
Of an ‘elves’ army offensive.
In the north.
Of Donetsk Oblast.
He reported that.
Whilst operating under.
A “media blackout”.
Units of the 3rd Army Corps.
Had eliminated pockets.
Of ‘orcs’ infiltration.
Had eliminated pockets.
Of ‘orcs’ infiltration.
In total.
75 km² have been cleared.
With a further 10 km².
Remaining unoccupied.
Where the noise came from,
she couldn’t make out;
the air seemed full of it,
and it rang
through and through her head
till she felt quite deafened.
She started to her feet and sprang
across the little brook in her terror,
“A crushing blow has been dealt.
To the combat capability.
Of the ‘orcs’ 20th.
And 25th Armies.”
The commander of.
The ‘elves’ Third Army Corps says.
That the enemy’s losses.
At this stage.
Amount to around.
1,500 soldiers.
Over 12,000 drones and.
Hundreds of armoured vehicles.
Artillery systems.
And motor vehicles.
“A crushing blow has been dealt.
To the combat capability.”
and had just time to see
the Lion and the Unicorn
rise to their feet,
with angry looks
at being interrupted
in their feast,
before she dropped
to her knees,
The offensive was recently reported.
Which took place amid.
A complete media blackout.
Whilst ‘the One’ was announcing.
Whilst ‘the One’ was announcing.
The capture of Sviatohirsk.
And the commander of.
The ‘elves’ Third Army Corps was.
Recording a video.
For him from there.
Recording a video.
For him from there.
and put her hands
over her ears,
vainly trying to shut out
the dreadful uproar.
‘If that doesn’t
“drum them out of town,” ’
she thought to herself,
‘nothing ever will!’
According to the commander.
The ‘orcs’ regard.
The so-called infiltration tactics.
As one of their strengths;
These sometimes penetrate.
Dozens of kilometres.
Deep into our battle lines.
Deep into our battle lines.
After a while
the noise seemed gradually
to die away,
till all was dead silence,
and Alice lifted up
her head in some alarm.
There was no one to be seen,
and her first thought was that
Therefore, one of.
The first tasks of.
The 3rd Army Corps was.
To destroy it.
As a result of.
Search-and-strike operations.
By ‘elves’ units.
It was possible to neutralise.
Infiltration routes.
In the areas of Novoselivka.
Yarova, Korov’yachyi Yar.
And Oleksandrivka.
she must have been dreaming
about the Lion and the Unicorn
and those queer
Anglo-Saxon Messengers.
However, there was the great dish
still lying at her feet,
on which she had tried to cut
the plum-cake,
During the preparatory phase.
Of the operation.
Soldiers of.
The 3rd Army Corps liberated.
Soldiers of.
The 3rd Army Corps liberated.
The village of Seredne.
In the Donetsk region.
The village has been de-occupied.
And is now fully.
Under ‘elves’ control.
The commander noted.
‘So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,’
she said to herself,
‘unless – unless we’re all part of
the same dream.
Only I do hope it’s my dream,
and not the Red King’s!
I don’t like belonging to
another person’s dream,’
Another critically.
Important task was.
To cut off.
‘Orcs’ supply lines.
Unmanned aerial vehicle units.
Of the 3rd Army Corps.
Succeeded in cutting off.
The ‘orcs’ army’s supply routes.
she went on
in a rather complaining tone:
‘I’ve a great mind to go and
wake him, and see what happens!’
At this moment
her thoughts were interrupted
by a loud shouting of
‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!
“As a result.
Of the Corps’ strikes.
‘Orcs’ troops relocated.”
‘Orcs’ troops relocated.”
“Their supplies.
Of fuel and lubricants.
Outside Ukraine.”
– to the Voronezh region:”
“– to the Voronezh region:
The pipeline was dismantled.
And the depots were moved.”
Says the commander.
and a Knight,
dressed in crimson armour,
came galloping down upon her,
brandishing a great club.
Just as he reached her,
the horse stopped suddenly:
‘You’re my prisoner!’ the Knight cried,
as he tumbled off his horse.
According to him.
The offensive was made possible.
By a whole series of brigades.
In particular.
The 60th Mechanised Brigade.
The 125th Airborne Mechanised Brigade.
The 3rd Separate Mechanised Brigade’s.
Tank group.
The 3rd Operational Reserve Brigade.
And the 25th Operational-Tactical Brigade.
Of the corps.
As well as attached units.
– the 66th Mechanised Brigade.
The 85th Tank Group of.
The 8th Special Operations Regiment.
The ‘Artan’ special unit of.
The Main Intelligence Directorate.
Of the Ministry of Defence.
And the 10th Mobile Border Guard.
Detachment ‘DOZOR’.
Startled as she was,
Alice was more frightened
for him than for herself
at the moment,
and watched him with some anxiety
as he mounted again.
As soon as he was
comfortably in the saddle,
“There is currently.
A great deal of information.
In open sources.
Suggesting that.”
“The ultimate objective of.
‘Elves’ offensive operations.
Is to reach the banks of.
The Chornyi Zherebets River.”
“But our operation is.
Called ‘Vivaldi’.
And, as we know.
Vivaldi has four seasons.”
“And this is only.
The first of them.”
Stated the Brigadier General.
“Vivaldi has four seasons.”
he began once more
‘You’re my –’
but here another voice
broke in
‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!’
and Alice looked round
in some surprise
for the new enemy.
He added that.
The media’s focus on.
The retreat of ‘orcs’ troops.
In the Donetsk sector.
In recent weeks.
Is not helping.
The military’s operations.
As these are only gaining momentum.
“Follow our official statements.
And don’t rush.
To jump to conclusions.
There will be good news.”
This time it was
a White Knight.
He drew up at Alice’s side,
and tumbled off his horse
just as the Red Knight had done:
then he got on again,
and the two Knights sat and
looked at each other
On 15 September.
The Brigadier General.
The commander of.
The 3rd Army Corps.
Publicly announced.
What war correspondents and.
Some analysts had been.
Reporting for some time.
– that the ‘elves’ army.
Is conducting.
An offensive operation.
North of Lyman.
And has already achieved.
Significant successes.
And has already achieved.
Significant successes.
for some time
without speaking.
Alice looked from one to the other
in some bewilderment.
‘She’s my prisoner, you know!’
the Red Knight said at last.
‘Yes, but then I came and rescued her!’
the White Knight replied.
The commander emphasised.
That the operation.
Codenamed ‘Vivaldi’.
Is still ongoing and.
By analogy with the works.
Of the great Italian composer.
Is expected to comprise.
Four parts, or ‘seasons’.
‘Well, we must fight for her, then,
said the Red Knight,
as he took up his helmet
and put it on.
‘You will observe
the Rules of Battle, of course?’
the White Knight remarked,
putting on his helmet too.
The commander revealed.
Details of the first part.
Of the operation.
Which took place.
Back in May–June.
Of this year but.
Was kept from.
The general public.
At that time.
Forces from the 3rd Army Corps.
Were able to cut off.
The entire salient.
That the ‘orcs’ army had.
Formed in the direction.
Of Sviatohirsk.
Of Sviatohirsk.
15 km north-west of Lyman.
And the Sloviansk–Izium road.
15 km north-west of Lyman.
And the Sloviansk–Izium road.
‘I always do,’
said the Red Knight,
and they began banging away
at each other
with such fury that
Alice got behind a tree
to be out of the way
of the blows.
We are talking about the liberation.
And mopping-up of settlements.
Such as Yarova.
Novoselivka and Seredne.
Such as Yarova.
Novoselivka and Seredne.
All of them are situated.
On the salient.
That has formed.
On the right bank.
Of the Nitrus River.
In the direction of Sviatohirsk.
‘I wonder, now,
what the Rules of Battle are,’
she said to herself,
as she watched the fight,
timidly peeping out
from her hiding-place:
timidly peeping out
from her hiding-place:
However.
The main theatre of operations.
On this section of the front.
On this section of the front.
Is currently the territory.
Between the Nitrus and.
Chornyi Zherebets rivers.
North of Lyman.
‘one Rule seems to be that,
if one Knight hits the other,
he knocks him off his horse;
he knocks him off his horse;
and, if he misses,
he tumbles off himself
and, if he misses,
he tumbles off himself
According to analysts.
The ‘elves’ army has already.
Liberated almost all of this territory.
And, according to some reports.
Has even managed to cross.
The Chornyi Zherebets and.
Is driving the ‘orcs’ army.
Further east.
Now, good sir,
what are you?
A most poor man,
made tame to fortune’s blows;
Who, by the art of
known and feeling sorrows,
Am pregnant
to good pity.
‘Orcs’ official sources are silent.
On the problems near Lyman.
But some Z-correspondents.
Have already repeatedly shared.
Posts about the “dire situation”.
And even the “encirclement”.
Of ‘orcs’ army units.
In this sector of the front.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Give me your hand,
I’ll lead you to some biding.
Hearty thanks:
The bounty and
the benison of heaven
To boot, and boot!
Should Operation ‘Vivaldi’.
Prove successful.
Its outcome could have.
A significant impact.
On the course of events.
Not only near Lyman.
But also in.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
Which is the main target.
Of the ‘orcs’ offensive.
Which is the main target.
Of the ‘orcs’ offensive.
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
*Because I read “Операція “Вівальді”: Білецький оголосив про наступальну операцію біля Лиману(Operation Vivaldi: Biletsky announced an offensive operation near Lyman)”, the analysis by Oleg Chernysh, on 15 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 Gen. Biletsky, and analysis of OSINT, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
Операція “Вівальді”: Білецький оголосив про наступальну операцію біля Лиману – BBC News Україна
