“For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light:
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright.”
Six people have been killed.
And many injured.
In a slew of.
‘Orcs’ drone attacks.
Across Ukraine.
Across Ukraine.
On Wednesday.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has said.
He added that Moscow.
Had launched.
800 drones.
Throughout the day.
And warned.
And warned.
Missile launches.
Could follow.
“‘But oh, beamish nephew, beware of the day,
If your Snark be a Boojum! For then
You will softly and suddenly vanish away,
And never be met with again!’
‘Mordor’ also struck.
The far western region.
Of Zakarpattia.
On the border with Slovakia.
The Slovak government said.
It was closing the land border.
Crossing indefinitely.
“For security reasons”.
“It is this, it is this that oppresses my soul,
When I think of my uncle’s last words:
And my heart is like nothing so much as a bowl
Brimming over with quivering curds!
The daytime attacks.
Followed another deadly day.
In Ukraine on Tuesday.
When nine people were killed.
In ‘Mordor’.
Officials said.
‘Elves’ drones hit.
Three industrial facilities.
Overnight into Wednesday.
The governor of.
The border region.
Of Belgorod said.
One man had died.
Of injuries suffered.
In a drone strike.
In a drone strike.
“It is this, it is this—“ “We have had that before!”
The Bellman indignantly said.
And the Baker replied “Let me say it once more.
It is this, it is this that I dread!
The latest attacks.
Came shortly after.
A three-day US-brokered.
Ceasefire expired.
Late on Monday.
Late on Monday.
Both ‘Mordor’ and Ukraine.
Reported multiple violations.
– mostly along.
The vast frontline –
During the truce.
But no major aerial attacks.
‘The One’ launched.
A full-scale invasion.
Of Ukraine.
In February 2022.
“I engage with the Snark—every night after dark—
In a dreamy delirious fight:
I serve it with greens in those shadowy scenes,
And I use it for striking a light:
In a post on Telegram.
The Dnipropetrovsk regional head said.
There had been more than.
30 ‘orcs’ attacks.
On three districts.
Throughout Tuesday.
On three districts.
Throughout Tuesday.
Eight people were killed.
11 wounded.
And dozens of houses.
Were damaged.
Local authorities also said.
One person was killed.
And four wounded.
In the Donetsk region.
“But if ever I meet with a Boojum, that day,
In a moment (of this I am sure),
I shall softly and suddenly vanish away—
And the notion I cannot endure!”
In the north-eastern.
Kharkiv region.
Five people were.
Reported injured.
Five people were.
Reported injured.
And a number of.
Residential houses damaged.
The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
“If only you’d spoken before!
It’s excessively awkward to mention it now,
With the Snark, so to speak, at the door!
‘Orcs’ drone strikes.
‘Orcs’ drone strikes.
Were also reported.
In the southern Odesa.
Kherson and.
Zaporizhzhia regions.
As well as in Poltava.
– Ukraine’s central region.
“We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,
If you never were met with again—
But surely, my man, when the voyage began,
You might have suggested it then?
Writing on Telegram.
On Wednesday morning.
‘Gandalf the Green’ said.
14 ‘elves’ regions.
Had been targeted.
Throughout Tuesday.
Followed by.
More attacks overnight.
He accused ‘Mordor’.
Of “purposely” targeting.
‘Elves’ railway infrastructure.
And other civilian facilities.
“It’s excessively awkward to mention it now—
As I think I’ve already remarked.”
And the man they called “Hi!” replied, with a sigh,
“I informed you the day we embarked.
‘Orcs’ attacks continued.
On Wednesday.
With ‘elves’ Hur military intelligence.
Warning such strikes.
Warning such strikes.
Could be “protracted”.
In a statement.
Hur said that.
In a first wave of attacks.
‘Mordor’ was using.
A “significant number.
Of strike drones.”
“To overload ‘elves’.
Air defence system.
And strike civilian targets”.
And strike civilian targets”.
It added that.
This could be followed.
By massive missile strikes.
By massive missile strikes.
“You may charge me with murder—or want of sense—
(We are all of us weak at times):
But the slightest approach to a false pretence
Was never among my crimes!
Three people were then killed.
And four injured.
When a residential house.
Was hit in the Rivne region.
Local officials said.
They added that.
In the Zaporizhzhia region.
An elderly man was killed.
When an ‘orcs’ guided bomb.
Exploded nearby.
When an ‘orcs’ guided bomb.
Exploded nearby.
And in Kherson.
At least 20 people.
Were wounded as a result of.
Attacks across the region.
“I said it in Hebrew—I said it in Dutch—
I said it in German and Greek:
But I wholly forgot (and it vexes me much)
That English is what you speak!”
The ‘elves’ air force said that.
Between 08:00.
And 18:30.
On Wednesday alone.
‘Orcs’ had launched.
753 drones.
At Ukraine.
At Ukraine.
After an initial.
139 drones overnight.
After an initial.
139 drones overnight.
While many had been intercepted.
27 struck targets.
And debris had fallen.
From another 26.
“’Tis a pitiful tale,” said the Bellman, whose face
Had grown longer at every word:
“But, now that you’ve stated the whole of your case,
More debate would be simply absurd.
Meanwhile.
The ‘orcs’ defence ministry said.
286 ‘elves’ drones.
Had been intercepted.
Since Tuesday evening.
Over 14 ‘orcs’ regions.
And Crimea.
And Crimea.
– ‘elves’ southern peninsula.
Which was annexed.
By ‘Mordor’.
In 2014.
“The rest of my speech” (he explained to his men)
“You shall hear when I’ve leisure to speak it.
But the Snark is at hand, let me tell you again!
‘Tis your glorious duty to seek it!
The governor of.
The southern Astrakhan region.
Said falling drone debris.
Overnight had triggered.
A fire at.
A gas processing plant.
In the regional capital.
“There is no threat of air pollution.”
“To seek it with thimbles, to seek it with care;
To pursue it with forks and hope;
To threaten its life with a railway-share;
To charm it with smiles and soap!
Local officials also said.
Two industrial facilities.
Were damaged during.
‘Elves’ overnight attacks.
In the southern Krasnodar region.
And in the city of Yaroslavl.
North-east of.
The ‘orcs’ capital Moscow.
“For the Snark’s a peculiar creature, that won’t
Be caught in a commonplace way.
Do all that you know, and try all that you don’t:
Not a chance must be wasted to-day!
In recent months.
‘Elves’ military has intensified.
Its strikes on key energy facilities.
Across ‘Mordor’.
Kyiv says they are.
Legitimate targets.
As they allow ‘Mordor’.
To continue its war effort.
“For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creeks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light:
In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright.”
*Because I read “Deadly Russian drone attacks on Ukraine resume after ceasefire expires” by Jaroslav Lukiv on 14 May 2026, 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 “some lines” quoted in the last part of ‘CHAPTER XVIII YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE’ in ‘The Second World War: The Classic One-Volume Abridgment’ written by Winston S. Churchill, and ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news:
Deadly Russian drone attacks on Ukraine resume after ceasefire
