The White Queen gave a deep sigh,
and laid her head on Alice’s shoulder.
‘I am so sleepy!’ she moaned.
‘She’s tired, poor thing!’
said the Red Queen.
‘Smooth her hair
– lend her your nightcap
– and sing her a soothing lullaby.’
‘I haven’t got a nightcap
with me,’ said Alice,
as she tried to obey
the first direction:
‘and I don’t know any soothing lullabies.’
‘I must do it myself, then,’
said the Red Queen,
and she began:
‘Mordor’ has carried out.
A massive overnight attack.
On 14 regions.
Of Ukraine.
Authorities have said.
As ‘elves’ struck.
As ‘elves’ struck.
‘Orcs’ oil refineries.
Here she checked herself
in some alarm,
at hearing something
that sounded to her
like the puffing of
a large steam-engine
in the wood near them,
though she feared
One woman was killed.
In the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
And 30 people were injured.
– including children.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
‘Orcs’ launched.
Nearly 540 drones.
And 45 missiles.
Urging tough new sanctions.
On ‘Mordor’.
Urging tough new sanctions.
On ‘Mordor’.
it was more likely
to be a wild beast.
‘Are there any lions or tigers
about here?’ she asked timidly.
‘It’s only the Red King
snoring,’ said Tweedledee.
‘Come and look at him!’
the brothers cried,
The latest barrage comes.
Amid ongoing international efforts.
To secure a peace deal.
Between the two warring nations.
– and days after.
The ‘elves’ capital Kyiv faced.
The second largest aerial attack.
Of the war so far.
The second largest aerial attack.
Of the war so far.
With at least.
25 killed.
and they took each one of
Alice’s hands,
and led her up to where
the King was sleeping.
‘Isn’t he a lovely sight?’
said Tweedledum.
Alice couldn’t say
honestly that he was.
In the south-eastern.
Dnipropetrovsk region.
The top official reported.
A number of strikes.
On infrastructure facilities.
And after a “massive”.
Drone and missile.
Overnight attack.
He had a tall
red night-cap on,
with a tassel, and
he was lying crumpled up
into a sort of untidy heap,
and snoring loud
– ‘fit to snore his head off!’
as Tweedledum remarked.
In the regional capital Dnipro.
A residential house was.
Completely destroyed and.
A shopping centre was damaged.
No casualties were reported.
In the overnight strikes.
But the top official later said.
Four people were injured.
In an ‘orcs’ drone attack.
On Saturday afternoon.
In an ‘orcs’ drone attack.
On Saturday afternoon.
‘I’m afraid he’ll catch cold
with lying on the damp grass,’
said Alice, who was
a very thoughtful little girl.
‘He’s dreaming now,’
said Tweedledee:
‘and what do you think
he’s dreaming about?’
It is the second successive night.
Dnipropetrovsk has been targeted.
Earlier this week.
Kyiv acknowledged that.
‘Orcs’ military had entered.
The region and.
Was trying to establish.
A foothold.
Alice said, ‘Nobody
can guess that.’
‘Why, about you!’
Tweedledee exclaimed,
clapping his hands triumphantly.
‘And if he left off
dreaming about you,
where do you suppose you’d be?’
Railway infrastructure was.
Damaged near the capital, Kyiv.
But it was central and.
South-eastern Ukraine.
But it was central and.
South-eastern Ukraine.
That bore the brunt.
Of the latest strikes.
Emergency services were.
Seen putting out fires.
In Zaporizhzhia.
In Zaporizhzhia.
While explosions were heard.
In the central eastern regions.
While explosions were heard.
In the central eastern regions.
‘Where I am now,
of course,’ said Alice.
‘Not you!’ Tweedledee
retorted contemptuously.
‘You’d be nowhere.
Why, you’re only
a sort of thing
in his dream!’
Meanwhile.
Ukraine’s military said.
Its drones hit.
Oil refineries.
In Krasnodar and Syzran.
In ‘Mordor’ overnight.
Both refineries have been.
Targeted before.
‘If that there King was to wake,’
added Tweedledum,
‘you’d go out – bang! –
just like a candle!’
‘I shouldn’t!’
Alice exclaimed indignantly.
‘Besides, if I’m only
a sort of thing
The ‘elves’ military said.
There had been “numerous”.
Explosions and fires recorded.
At the facility in Krasnodar.
Which Kyiv said.
Produces three million tons.
Of petroleum products.
Per year.
in his dream,
what are you,
I should like to know?’
‘Ditto,’ said Tweedledum.
‘Ditto, ditto!’ cried Tweedledee.
He shouted this
so loud that Alice
couldn’t help saying,
The military also.
Reported a fire.
At the Syzran facility.
Which it said produced.
At the Syzran facility.
Which it said produced.
Eight-and-a-half million tons.
Of petroleum products annually.
‘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 ‘orcs’ military said.
It captured Komyshevakha.
A rural settlement.
In the eastern Donetsk region.
On Saturday morning.
Ukraine has not confirmed this.
In recent months.
‘Orcs’ troops have continued.
Their slow advance.
In eastern Ukraine.
Despite heavy combat casualties.
Being reported.
‘And now you know the words,’
she added, as she put her head down
on Alice’s other shoulder,
‘just sing it through to me.
I’m getting sleepy, too.’
In another moment
both Queens were fast asleep,
and snoring loud.
The chief of ‘orcs’ general staff.
Said on Saturday that.
His forces were continuing.
His forces were continuing.
“Their non-stop offensive.
Along almost.
The entire line.
Of contact”.
‘When am I to do?’
exclaimed Alice,
looking about in great perplexity,
as first one round head,
and then the other,
rolled down from her shoulder,
and lay like a heavy lump
in her lap.
Friday night’s aerial exchange.
Follows US-led diplomatic efforts.
Aimed at ending the war.
Which so far remain at a standstill.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
The latest attacks showed.
‘Mordor’’s “disregard for words”.
Adding that the only way.
To deal with ‘Mordor’.
Was to impose sanctions.
“We expect action from the US.
Europe and the entire world.”
‘I don’t think it
ever happened before,
that anyone had to take care of
two Queens asleep at once!
No, not in all the History of England
– it couldn’t, you know,
because there never was
more than one Queen at a time.
European foreign affairs ministers.
Are in Denmark this weekend.
To discuss international developments.
– including the war in Ukraine.
One of the key issues.
On the table is.
The possibility.
Of freezing.
The possibility.
Of freezing.
Approximately €210bn worth.
Of ‘orcs’ assets.
Do wake up,
you heavy things!’
she went on
in an impatient tone;
but there was no answer
but a gentle snoring.
The snoring got more distinct
every minute,
EU foreign policy chief.
Who is at the gathering.
Said it was clear.
Said it was clear.
“‘Mordor’ does not want peace”.
Despite diplomatic efforts.
“‘Mordor’ does not want peace”.
Despite diplomatic efforts.
and sounded more like a tune:
at last she could
even make out words,
and she listened so eagerly that,
when the two great heads
suddenly vanished
from her lap,
she hardly missed them.
France would use.
The gathering to table.
New proposals.
For sanctions against ‘Mordor’.
With the aim of.
Depleting “the resources.
That ‘Mordor’ is investing.
In this war”.
She was standing
Before an arched doorway
over which were the words
QUEEN ALICE in large letters,
and on each side of the arch
there was a bell-handle;
one was marked ‘Visitors’ Bell,’
and the other ‘Servants’ Bell.’
‘I’ll wait till
the song’s over,’
thought Alice,
‘and then I’ll ring
– the – which bell must I ring?’
she went on,
very much puzzled
by the names.
*Because I read “Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv hits oil refineries” by Katy Watson & Danai Nesta Kupemba on 31 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:
Russia launches massive attack on Ukraine, as Kyiv hits oil refineries
