After a while
the noise seemed gradually
to die away,
till all was dead silence,
and Alice lifted up
her head in some alarm.
There was no one to be seen,
and her first thought was that
she must have been dreaming
about the Lion and the Unicorn
and those queer
Anglo-Saxon Messengers.
However, there was the great dish
still lying at her feet,
on which she had tried to cut
the plum-cake,
More than 100,000.
More than 100,000.
‘Elves’ homes have been.
Left without power.
By the latest.
‘Orcs’ drone attacks.
On energy infrastructure.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has said.
The Poltava, Sumy.
And Chernihiv regions.
Were affected.
‘Gandalf the Green’ stated.
‘So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,’
she said to herself,
‘unless – unless we’re all part of
the same dream.
Only I do hope it’s my dream,
and not the Red King’s!
I don’t like belonging to
another person’s dream,’
Ukraine’s energy ministry said.
It was a continuation.
Of Moscow’s policy.
Of Moscow’s policy.
Of destroying.
Civilian infrastructure.
Ahead of winter.
Ahead of winter.
she went on
in a rather complaining tone:
‘I’ve a great mind to go and
wake him, and see what happens!’
At this moment
her thoughts were interrupted
by a loud shouting of
‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!
Last year.
Ukraine said ‘Mordor’.
Had destroyed half of its.
Electricity-generating capacity.
But more recently.
‘Elves’ strikes have also.
Hit ‘orcs’ refineries and.
An oil depot.
‘Hush-a-by lady,
in Alice’s lap!
Till the feast’s ready,
we’ve time for a nap;
When the feast’s over,
we’ll go to the ball –
Red Queen, and White Queen,
and Alice, and all!
On Wednesday.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
‘Mordor’ had carried out almost.
100 drone attacks overnight.
Energy facilities were.
The main targets.
But a school.
In the Kharkiv region.
And a high-rise building.
In Kherson.
Were also hit, he said.
“New steps are needed.”
“New steps are needed.
To put pressure on ‘Mordor’.
To stop the strikes.
And truly guarantee security.”
“We are working.
With partners for.
Such pressure.”
‘Gandalf the Green’ added.
‘Hush! You’ll be
waking him,
I’m afraid,
if you make so much noise.’
‘Well, it’s no use your talking
about waking him,’
said Tweedledum,
‘when you’re only
Three and a half years.
After ‘orcs’ full-scale invasion.
Of Ukraine.
Fighting on the ground.
Fighting on the ground.
Shows no sign of abating.
On Tuesday.
An ‘elf’ military official.
Acknowledged that.
‘Orcs’ forces had crossed.
Into the Dnipropetrovsk region.
For the first time.
– but said the advance.
Had been stopped.
– but said the advance.
Had been stopped.
one of the things
in his dream.
You know very well
you’re not real.’
‘I am real!’ said Alice,
and began to cry.
‘I am real!’ said Alice,
and began to cry.
Moscow has not laid.
Claim to Dnipropetrovsk.
Unlike Donetsk and ‘elves’.
Four other eastern regions.
On Wednesday.
‘Mordor’’s defence ministry said.
Its troops had seized.
A village in Donetsk.
Although ‘orcs’ forces have.
Suffered high casualties.
They have made recent gains.
In the region.
‘Hush! You’ll be
waking him,
I’m afraid,
if you make so much noise.’
‘Well, it’s no use your talking
about waking him,’
said Tweedledum,
‘when you’re only
The latest international effort.
To achieve a ceasefire.
In Ukraine.
Was launched.
By the US President.
Earlier this month.
He met ‘the One’.
In Alaska.
And ‘Gandalf the Green’.
And ‘Gandalf the Green’.
With European leaders.
In Washington.
‘Hush-a-by lady,
in Alice’s lap!
Till the feast’s ready,
we’ve time for a nap;
When the feast’s over,
we’ll go to the ball –
Red Queen, and White Queen,
and Alice, and all!
The US President.
Had been pushing for.
The two leaders’ direct talks.
‘Gandalf the Green’.
Has backed the move.
But he has sought.
Security guarantees.
From Western allies.
To prevent any.
Future ‘orcs’ attack.
In the event of.
A peace deal.
After a while
the noise seemed gradually
to die away,
till all was dead silence,
and Alice lifted up
her head in some alarm.
There was no one to be seen,
and her first thought was that
On Tuesday in Kyiv.
‘Gandalf the Green’ met.
The head of.
Britain’s armed forces.
As the UK would be ready.
To put troops.
On the ground.
Once hostilities had ended.
she must have been dreaming
about the Lion and the Unicorn
and those queer
Anglo-Saxon Messengers.
However, there was the great dish
still lying at her feet,
on which she had tried to cut
the plum-cake,
Also on Tuesday.
The German Chancellor said.
Security guarantees.
For Ukraine would first.
And foremost enable.
The ‘elves’ army to defend.
Their country.
In the long term.
‘So I wasn’t dreaming, after all,’
she said to herself,
‘unless – unless we’re all part of
the same dream.
Only I do hope it’s my dream,
and not the Red King’s!
I don’t like belonging to
another person’s dream,’
she went on
in a rather complaining tone:
‘I’ve a great mind to go and
wake him, and see what happens!’
At this moment
her thoughts were interrupted
by a loud shouting of
‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!
*Because I read “Russian drone attacks cause massive power cuts, Ukraine says” by Henri Astier on 28 Aug 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 ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Russian drone attacks cause massive power cuts, Ukraine says
