Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
‘Elves’ troops have.
Withdrawn from.
The embattled eastern town.
Of Siversk.
As ‘Mordor’ continues.
As ‘Mordor’ continues.
Its steady.
– albeit slow – advance.
‘She can’t do Addition,’
the Red Queen interrupted.
‘Can you do Subtraction?
Take nine from eight.’
‘Nine from eight
I can’t, you know,’
Alice replied
very ready: ‘but –’
The ‘elves’ military said.
On Tuesday.
It acted “to preserve.
The lives of our soldiers.”
It acted “to preserve.
The lives of our soldiers.
And the combat capability.
Of units”.
Adding that.
‘Orcs’ forces had.
A “significant advantage.
In manpower”.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
The capture of Siversk.
Brings ‘Mordor’ closer.
To the last remaining.
“Fortress belt” cities.
Of Sloviansk.
And Kramatorsk.
Still in ‘elves’ hands.
In the industrial Donetsk region.
‘She can’t do Subtraction,’
said the White Queen.
‘Can you do Division?
Divide a loaf by a knife
– what’s the answer to that?’
‘I suppose –’ Alice was beginning,
but the Red Queen
answered for her.
Earlier in the day.
Officials said three people.
– including a young child –
Were killed.
In massive overnight.
‘Orcs’ drone and.
Missile strikes.
On Ukraine.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
In a statement.
The ‘elves’ military said.
‘Orcs’ troops were continuing.
“Active offensive actions”.
‘Orcs’ troops were continuing.
“Active offensive actions”.
In the Siversk area.
“Despite significant losses”.
‘Elves’ “defence forces.
Had exhausted the enemy.
During the fighting.
For Siversk”.
‘Bread-and-butter, of course.
Try another Subtraction sum.
Take a bone from a dog:
what remains?’
Alice considered.
‘The bone wouldn’t remain,
of course, if I took it
– and the dog wouldn’t remain:
Two weeks ago.
‘Mordor’ had already.
Reported control.
Over the town.
– but Ukraine denied.
The claim at the time.
Before the ‘orcs’ invasion.
Siversk had about 11,000 people.
Siversk has been.
Virtually wiped out.
As a town during many months.
Of heavy fighting.
it would come to bite me
– and I’m sure
I shouldn’t remain!’
I shouldn’t remain!’
‘Then you think
nothing would remain?’
said the Red Queen.
‘I think that’s the answer.’
Moscow currently controls.
Moscow currently controls.
About 75% of.
The Donetsk region.
And some 99% of.
The neighbouring Luhansk.
The regions are collectively.
Known as Donbas.
‘The One’ has repeatedly warned.
That ‘elves’ troops.
Must withdraw from.
All of Donbas.
Or ‘orcs’ will seize it.
Or ‘orcs’ will seize it.
Rejecting any compromise.
Over how to end the war.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has been.
Under heavy pressure.
From his US counterpart.
To cede all of Donbas.
To ‘Mordor’.
During ongoing.
Washington-led.
Peace negotiations.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has so far.
Rejected any.
Territorial concessions.
And instead.
Demanded iron-clad.
Security guarantees.
For Ukraine.
In any potential settlement.
‘Wrong, as usual,’
said the Red Queen.
‘the dog’s temper would remain.’
‘But I don’t see how –’
‘Why, look here!’
the Red Queen cried.
‘The dog would lose
its temper, wouldn’t it?’
The peace negotiations.
– involving separate meetings.
Of US officials with their.
‘Elves’ and ‘orcs’ counterparts.
– continued over.
The weekend.
But no breakthrough.
Was reported.
According to ‘Gandalf the Green’.
The US had proposed.
A Christmas truce.
But ‘Mordor’ rejected the idea.
‘Perhaps it would,’
Alice replied cautiously.
‘Then if the dog went away,
its temper would remain!’
the Queen exclaimed triumphantly.
Alice said,
as gravely as she could,
‘They might go different ways.’
Overnight.
‘Mordor’ launched.
635 drones and.
38 missiles on.
A number of ‘elves’ regions.
‘Elves’ air force said.
Adding that 621 of them.
Were downed.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
Local authorities in.
The central Zhytomyr region.
The central Zhytomyr region.
Confirmed a child’s death.
The regional head said.
The child “was.
Taken to hospital.
Doctors fought for the child’s life.”
“But could not save.
The child in the end”.
Five others were injured.
In the strike, he added.
‘She can’t do sums a bit!’
the Queens said together,
with great emphasis.
‘Can you do sums?’
Alice said, turning
suddenly on the White Queen,
for she didn’t like being
found fault with so much.
Meanwhile.
A 76-year-old woman.
Was killed and.
Three people injured.
When a house.
When a house.
In the Kyiv region.
was struck.
An attack in Khmelnytskyy.
An attack in Khmelnytskyy.
Western Ukraine.
Killed a 72-year-old.
Polish fighter jets were.
Scrambled in response to.
Missiles and drones.
Targeting west Ukraine.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
Meanwhile.
Ukraine reportedly struck.
A petrochemical plant.
In Stravropol, southern ‘Mordor’.
Videos shared by ‘orcs’.
Media channels online.
Showed large flames rising.
From the direction of the plant.
The region’s governor said.
An ‘elves’ drone.
Hit the plant.
And sparked a fire.
The Queen gasped
and shut her eyes.
‘I can do Addition,’
she said,
‘if you give me time
– but I can’t do Subtraction,
under any circumstances!’
under any circumstances!’
With temperatures.
Expected to fall.
To as low as -7C.
On Wednesday.
‘Elves’ energy operator.
Warned of emergency.
Power shutdowns.
“In all regions”.
And urged people.
To use energy “sparingly”.
And urged people.
To use energy “sparingly”.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
The acting energy minister said.
It was the ninth large attack.
On ‘elves’ energy system.
This year.
And that supply in.
The Rivne, Ternopil.
And Khmelnytsky regions.
Has been “almost completely” lost.
An ‘elf’ MP said that.
Some areas could be.
Without power.
“For days”.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
Nothing, my lord.
Nothing.
In the ‘elves’ capital.
Many suspect.
The overnight attack.
Is linked to.
Monday’s killing of.
A top ‘orc’ general.
After a car bomb.
Exploded in Moscow.
Attend the lords of
France and Burgundy, Gloucester.
Meantime we shall express
our darker purpose.
*Because I read “Ukraine loses embattled eastern town” by Alex Smith, Jaroslav Lukiv & Mohamed Madi on 24 Dec 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, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Ukraine loses embattled eastern town as Russian advance continues
