A solitary ‘orcs’ turtle tank.
Almost reached ‘elves’ lines.
In Kursk.
On or just before Sunday.
Rolling right.
Through a minefield.
Shrugging off.
Six mine blasts.
The up-armored vehicle.
—wearing a shed-like layer.
Of metal sheeting to help.
Protect it from drones—
Raced across the no-man’s-land.
On the western side of.
The 250-square-mile.
‘Elves’-held salient.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
This kind of thing.
Might happen.
But then.
The vehicle’s own armor.
The vehicle’s own armor.
Apparently doomed it.
The driver.
Their vision likely obscured.
By the add-on metal plates.
Didn’t notice the deep hole.
—a possible shell crater—
In the tank’s path.
As a surveillance drone.
From the ‘elves’.
From the ‘elves’.
47th Mechanized Brigade watched.
The ‘orcs’ vehicle.
Tipped into the hole.
An explosive FPV drone.
Immediately slammed into.
The stuck tank.
One ‘orc’ managed to.
Climb out of the vehicle.
—but collapsed.
In the snow.
A short distance away.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
This kind of thing.
Might happen.
In one close inspection.
Of a T-62 turtle tank.
The ‘elves’ 22nd.
Mechanized Brigade captured.
Along with its.
Two crew last year.
Lt. Col. listed.
The vehicle’s flaws.
“The driver has almost.
No visibility,” he warned.
“The driver has almost.
No visibility,” he warned.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
‘Elves’ troops warned.
This kind of thing.
Might happen.
The turtle tank’s.
“Fatal trip”.
As the 47th Mechanized Brigade.
Described it.
Was one of countless.
Such incidents.
As ‘orcs’ wider war on Ukraine.
Grinds into its fourth year.
‘Orcs’ forces are.
Actually losing ground.
In Kursk.
But they’re managing.
To slowly advance.
In several sectors.
Of front in eastern Ukraine.
But at staggering cost.
*Because I read “A Ukrainian Drone Chased A Blind Russian Turtle Tank Into A Deep Hole—And Blew It Up” by David Axe on 23 Feb 2025 on the Forbes, 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 Serhiy Misyura.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
A Ukrainian Drone Chased A Blind Russian Turtle Tank Into A Deep Hole
