The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The Flowers of the Forest
are a’ wede away.
By 11 March.
‘Elves’ forces were battling.
To prevent the road.
Being cut.
“A few days ago.
We received an order.
To leave the defence lines.
In an organised retreat.”
He said, adding that.
‘Mordor’ had amassed.
A significant force.
To retake the town.
“Including large numbers.
Of North Korean soldiers”.
“Including large numbers.
Of North Korean soldiers”.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
Military experts estimate.
‘Mordor’ had amassed.
A force of up to.
70,000 troops.
To retake Kursk.
To retake Kursk.
– including about 12,000.
North Koreans.
‘Mordor’ had also sent.
Its best drone units.
To the front.
And was using.
Kamikaze and FPV variants.
To “take fire control.
Of the main logistics routes”.
They included drones.
Linked to operators.
By fibre-optic wires.
– which are impossible to jam.
With electronic counter-measures.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
He said as a result.
“The enemy managed to.
Destroy dozens of.
Units of equipment”.
And that wrecks.
And that wrecks.
Had “created congestion.
On supply routes”.
‘Elves’ forces travel.
Towards the Kursk region.
On a supply route.
In Sumy last August.
By March of this year.
Their retreat was.
In full swing.
In full swing.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The Flowers of the Forest
are a’ wede away.
*Because I read “’Everything is finished’: Ukrainian troops relive retreat from Kursk” by Jonathan Beale & Anastasiia Levchenko on 17 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 Maksym, led by ‘The Flowers of the Forest’ by Jean Eliot, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Retreat from Kursk: Ukrainian troops tell of catastrophe and panic
