The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The Flowers of the Forest
are a’ wede away.
He sounded less gloomy.
About the situation.
On 13 March.
He sent a message.
From a military hospital.
Where he was being treated.
For shrapnel wounds.
Suffered in a drone attack.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
He had been fighting.
Further west.
– near the village of Loknya.
Where ‘elves’ forces were.
Putting up a stiff resistance.
And “fighting like lions”.
He believed the operation.
Had achieved some success.
“It’s important that.
So far the Armed Forces.
Of Ukraine have created.
This buffer zone.”
“This buffer zone.
Thanks to which.
The ‘orcs’ cannot.
Enter Sumy.”
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
Ukraine’s top general.
Insists that ‘elves’ forces.
Have pulled back to.
“More favourable positions”.
Remain in Kursk.
And would do so.
“For as long as it is.
Expedient and necessary”.
He said ‘Mordor’.
Had suffered more than.
50,000 losses.
During the operation.
– including those killed.
Injured or captured.
However, the situation now.
Is very different to last August.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
Military analysts estimate.
Two-thirds of the 1,000 sq km.
Gained at the outset.
Have since been lost.
Any hopes that.
Ukraine would.
Be able to trade.
Kursk territory.
Kursk territory.
For some of its own.
For some of its own.
Have significantly diminished.
The Flowers of the Forest,
that fought aye the foremost,
The prime of our land,
are cauld in the clay.
Last week.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
He believed the Kursk operation.
Had “accomplished its task”.
By forcing ‘Mordor’.
To pull troops from the east.
And relieve pressure.
On Pokrovsk.
But it is not yet.
Clear at what cost.
But it is not yet.
Clear at what cost.
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 Artem, 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
