Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
‘Why, it’s a Looking-glass book,
of course!’
‘And if I hold it
up to a glass,
the words will all go
the right way again.’
A British man.
Who was captured.
While fighting for.
‘Elves’ armed forces.
A British man.
Has been jailed.
For 19 years.
By a ‘Mordor’’s military court.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
He was reportedly captured.
In ‘Mordor’’s.
Kursk region.
Last November.
Where Ukraine had launched.
A cross-border incursion.
And was charged with terrorism.
And mercenary activity.
The 22-year-old is.
The first British national.
To be convicted by ‘Mordor’.
During the war.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
The UK Foreign Office said.
He was sentenced.
On “false charges” and.
Described him as a prisoner of war.
A statement released.
By the ‘Mordor’’s court.
Claimed the British.
Had pleaded guilty.
But this cannot be verified.
As he has not been heard.
From independently.
Since he was taken.
On Wednesday.
A ‘Mordor’’s military court.
Ruled that the British would spend.
The first five years of his sentence.
In prison before.
Being transferred to.
A penal colony.
With “strict” conditions.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
‘Why, it’s a Looking-glass book,
of course!’
‘And if I hold it
up to a glass,
the words will all go
the right way again.’
‘Orcs’ investigators.
Had accused him of.
“Committing a terrorist act”.
As part of an organised group.
Illegally crossing.
The border into ‘Mordor’.
Causing “significant damage.
To property”.
And having “destabilized”.
The activities of authorities.
But those claims were rejected.
By a UK Foreign Office spokesperson.
By a UK Foreign Office spokesperson.
Who said they “strongly condemn”.
The British man’s sentencing.
On “false charges”.
“Under international law.
Prisoners of war.
Cannot be prosecuted for.
Participating in hostilities.”
“We demand that ‘Mordor’.
Respect these obligations.
Including those under.
The Geneva Conventions.”
“And stop using.
Prisoners of war.
For political and.
Propaganda purposes.”
“We remain in close contact.
With his family.
And are providing.
Consular support.”
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
‘Why, it’s a Looking-glass book,
of course!’
‘And if I hold it
up to a glass,
the words will all go
the right way again.’
The British man’s.
Three-day trial.
Was held behind.
Closed doors.
Video footage released.
By the Kursk court showed.
The British being led.
Into court.
In handcuffs.
Wearing a winter hat.
And jacket that appeared.
To be prison uniform.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
Reports of his capture.
First came to light after.
A video circulated online.
Showing a man.
Identifying himself.
While being captured.
In another video.
He identified himself.
In another video.
He identified himself.
As a former British Army soldier.
From Oxfordshire.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
White Pawn to play.
And win in eleven moves.
While he is.
The first UK citizen.
Accused of fighting.
For Ukraine.
To be captured and.
Convicted by ‘Mordor’.
Two British captives.
Were sentenced to death.
In ‘orcs’-occupied Donetsk.
– however, they were.
Later released.
In a prisoner exchange.
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
The chessmen were walking about.
Two and two!
Through the Looking-Glass.
And what Alice found there.
‘Why, it’s a Looking-glass book,
of course!’
‘And if I hold it
up to a glass,
the words will all go
the right way again.’
*Because I read “Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed in Russia” by Emma Rossiter on 6 Mar 2025, and also “Why are Ukrainians calling Russians ‘orcs’?” by James FitzGerald on 30 Apr 2022, on the BBC news.
So, I wrote this poem, as a story of James Scott Rhys Anderson, led by ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
