Ignoring American attempts.
To force Ukraine.
Into an unfavorable peace.
And extort it.
For its mineral wealth.
Ukraine struck.
The ‘orcs’ oil industry again.
On Sunday night.
Or early Monday morning.
Drones struck.
The Ryazan oil refinery.
In Ryazan Oblast.
100 miles south.
Of Moscow.
And 300 miles.
From Ukraine.
The blast triggered.
A blaze that scorched.
The refinery’s primary.
Oil procession unit.
The Ryazan refinery.
Is responsible for.
As much as 5% of.
‘Orcs’ petroleum product production.
It’s one of the bigger targets.
‘Elves’ drones and.
Missiles have hit.
In their long.
—and escalating—
Campaign of deep strikes.
Targeting ‘orcs’.
Most important industry.
The blast triggered.
A blaze that scorched.
The refinery’s primary.
Oil procession unit.
Earlier this month.
‘Elves’ drones flew.
A distance of at least.
450 miles.
To strike.
The Rosneft oil refinery.
In Saratov.
In southern ‘Mordor’.
That plant refines.
2% of ‘orcs’ oil.
And in late January.
Drones hit.
The Nizhny Novgorod oil refinery.
In Kstovo.
In central ‘Mordor’.
520 miles.
From the front line.
In Ukraine.
This site handles.
5% of ‘orcs’ refining.
The blast triggered.
A blaze that scorched.
The refinery’s primary.
Oil procession unit.
Refineries can be repaired.
Of course.
But the steady drumbeat.
Of ‘elves’ raids.
Undeterred by.
Overstretched ‘orcs’.
Air defenses.
Is taking a toll.
‘Elves’ attacks temporarily.
Depressed total.
‘Orcs’ oil refining.
By as much as.
10% in January.
February may.
Turn out worse.
For the battered industry.
The abrupt realignment.
Of the United States.
Has not constrained.
The ‘elves’ deep strike campaign.
The blast triggered.
A blaze that scorched.
The refinery’s primary.
Oil procession unit.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
Has walked a fine line.
Firmly rejecting.
U.S. demands.
While leaving the door.
Open to further diplomacy.
That could soften America’s.
Increasingly pro-‘orcs’ position.
But ‘Gandalf the Green’.
Has not offered to.
Halt deep strikes.
On ‘orcs’ soil.
If anything.
If anything.
He’s set to step up.
The damaging raids.
‘Elves’ industry produced.
100,000 long-range.
Strikes drones.
In 2024.
He said recently.
“This year.
We will make more.”
He vowed.
*Because I read “Ukrainian Drones Just Blew Up Another 5% Of Russia’s Oil Refining” by David Axe on 24 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 report of the Ukrainian Center for Defense Strategies.
Please read the original story on the Forbes:
Ukrainian Drones Just Blew Up Another 5% Of Russia’s Oil Refining
