Alice never could quite make out,
in thinking it over afterwards,
how it was that they began:
all she remembers is,
that they were running hand in hand,
and the Queen went so fast
that it was all she could do
to keep up with her:
and still the Queen kept crying
‘Faster! Faster!’ but Alice felt
she could not go faster,
though she had no breath left to say so.
The most curious part of the thing was,
that the trees and the other things
round them never changed
their places at all:
On the night.
Of 1 September.
‘Orcs’ launched.
A massive strike.
On Kyiv and.
The Kyiv region.
Using ballistic and.
Cruise missiles.
Including ‘Kalibr’ and.
‘Zircon’ missiles.
As well as drones.
As well as drones.
however fast they went,
they never seemed to pass anything.
‘I wonder if all the things
move along with us?’
thought poor puzzled Alice.
And the Queen seemed to guess
her thoughts, for she cried,
‘Faster! Don’t try to talk!’
According to the latest reports.
12 people were killed.
– 8 in Kyiv and.
4 in Boryspil.
Dozens were injured.
The main target of.
The attack in Kyiv.
Was the railway;
Most of the fatalities.
Were railway workers.
Most of the fatalities.
Were railway workers.
An Indian national.
An Indian national.
Is among the dead.
‘Gandalf the Green’ has reported.
Not that Alice had any idea
of doing that.
She felt as if she would never
be able to talk again,
she was getting so much out of breath:
and still the Queen cried
‘Faster! Faster!’
and dragged her along.
On the morning.
Of 1 September.
The attack on Kyiv.
With Shahed drones continues;
It has, in fact.
Been ongoing almost.
Without interruption.
Since 27 May.
Explosions and the sounds.
Of air defence systems.
Can be heard.
Across the city.
‘Are we nearly there?’
Alice managed to pant out at last.
‘Nearly there!’ the Queen repeated.
‘Why, we passed it ten minutes ago! Faster!’
And they ran on for a time in silence,
with the wind whistling in Alice’s ears,
and almost blowing her hair
off her head, she fancied.
A 16-storey block.
Of flats is on fire.
In the Podilskyi district.
In the Podilskyi district.
After being struck.
By a Shahed drone.
After being struck.
By a Shahed drone.
‘Now! Now!’ cried the Queen. ‘Faster! Faster!’
And they went so fast that at last
they seemed to skim through the air,
hardly touching the ground with their feet,
till suddenly, just as
Alice was getting quite exhausted,
they stopped, and she found herself sitting
on the ground, breathless and giddy.
Five people have been injured.
In the capital.
Including three children.
Including three children.
In the Kyiv region.
14 people have been injured.
– 13 in Boryspil and.
One in the Obukhiv district.
The Queen propped her up against a tree,
and said kindly,
‘You may rest a little now.’
Alice looked round her in great surprise.
‘Why, I do believe
we’ve been under this tree
the whole time!
Everything’s just as it was!’
According to the Air Force.
‘Orcs’ launched.
Various types of missiles.
And 218 attack drones.
At Ukraine overnight.
The main targets.
Of the attack were.
The Kyiv and Odesa regions.
‘Of course it is,’ said the Queen:
‘what would you have it?’
‘Well, in our country,’
said Alice, still panting a little,
‘you’d generally get to somewhere else
– if you ran very fast
for a long time,
as we’ve been doing.’
As of 08:30.
‘Elves’ air defence forces.
Had shot down or neutralized.
199 targets.
Including 5 ballistic missiles.
2 ‘Banderole’ missiles.
5 ‘Kalibr’ missiles.
And 187 drones.
‘A slow sort of country!’
said the Queen.
‘Now, here, you see, it takes
all the running you can do,
to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else,
you must run at least twice
as fast as that!’
At the same time.
At the same time.
Missiles and drones have.
Struck 28 locations.
Whilst at a further.
10 locations.
Downed targets or.
Their debris have fallen.
Some of the missiles.
Failed to reach their targets;
Their impact sites are.
Currently being identified.
however fast they went,
they never seemed to pass anything.
‘I wonder if all the things
move along with us?’
thought poor puzzled Alice.
And the Queen seemed to guess
her thoughts, for she cried,
‘Faster! Don’t try to talk!’
According to the latest figures.
There have been.
A total of eight fatalities.
In Kyiv.
In the Darnytskyi district.
‘Orcs’ missiles struck.
Railway infrastructure.
Railway infrastructure.
Not that Alice had any idea
of doing that.
She felt as if she would never
be able to talk again,
she was getting so much out of breath:
and still the Queen cried
‘Faster! Faster!’
and dragged her along.
In the Darnytskyi district.
The strike caused fires.
To break out.
In two locations.
At another address.
The blast wave injured.
Two people.
Including a child.
‘Are we nearly there?’
Alice managed to pant out at last.
‘Nearly there!’ the Queen repeated.
‘Why, we passed it ten minutes ago! Faster!’
And they ran on for a time in silence,
with the wind whistling in Alice’s ears,
and almost blowing her hair
off her head, she fancied.
In the Holosiivskyi district.
An ‘orcs’ attack damaged.
A non-residential building.
A fire broke out there.
Covering an area of.
40 square metres which.
The emergency services extinguished.
One person was killed.
‘Now! Now!’ cried the Queen. ‘Faster! Faster!’
And they went so fast that at last
they seemed to skim through the air,
hardly touching the ground with their feet,
till suddenly, just as
Alice was getting quite exhausted,
they stopped, and she found herself sitting
on the ground, breathless and giddy.
In the Solomyanskyi district.
A residential building.
Was partially destroyed.
After being struck by a drone.
Rescue workers.
Rescued a man and.
Freed a woman.
From the rubble.
They were handed over.
To medical staff.
They were handed over.
To medical staff.
Damage and destruction.
Have also been reported.
In the Dnipro and.
Sviatoshyn districts.
The Queen propped her up against a tree,
and said kindly,
‘You may rest a little now.’
Alice looked round her in great surprise.
‘Why, I do believe
we’ve been under this tree
the whole time!
Everything’s just as it was!’
Four people were killed.
And a further 13 injured.
In Boryspil as a result.
Of an ‘orcs’ attack.
A five-storey residential block.
A shop, private houses.
Cars, a business premises.
And a car repair workshop.
Were damaged.
In the city.
Were damaged.
In the city.
‘Of course it is,’ said the Queen:
‘what would you have it?’
‘Well, in our country,’
said Alice, still panting a little,
‘you’d generally get to somewhere else
– if you ran very fast
for a long time,
as we’ve been doing.’
Rescue workers.
Evacuated 48 people.
And rescued two people.
From the rubble.
At least eight people.
Were injured, including.
Two children born in.
2021 and 2010.
‘A slow sort of country!’
said the Queen.
‘Now, here, you see, it takes
all the running you can do,
to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else,
you must run at least twice
as fast as that!’
Three cars caught fire.
Three cars caught fire.
In one of.
The city’s districts.
Firefighters extinguished.
The blaze, which covered.
An area of.
50 square metres.
however fast they went,
they never seemed to pass anything.
‘I wonder if all the things
move along with us?’
thought poor puzzled Alice.
And the Queen seemed to guess
her thoughts, for she cried,
‘Faster! Don’t try to talk!’
In another part.
Of Boryspil.
A lorry caught fire.
At an infrastructure site.
Causing damage.
To a company building.
Two people were killed there.
And three others were injured.
Another person has died.
In Boryspil.
Following damage to.
A car repair workshop.
Not that Alice had any idea
of doing that.
She felt as if she would never
be able to talk again,
she was getting so much out of breath:
and still the Queen cried
‘Faster! Faster!’
and dragged her along.
Outside of Boryspil.
Debris damaged.
A piece of infrastructure.
And two blocks of flats.
In the village.
Of Hryhorivka.
In the village.
Of Hryhorivka.
‘Are we nearly there?’
Alice managed to pant out at last.
‘Nearly there!’ the Queen repeated.
‘Why, we passed it ten minutes ago! Faster!’
And they ran on for a time in silence,
with the wind whistling in Alice’s ears,
and almost blowing her hair
off her head, she fancied.
In Husachivka.
11 private houses.
A garage and a car.
Were damaged.
Rescue workers are.
Continuing to work.
At the sites.
Of the strikes.
‘Now! Now!’ cried the Queen. ‘Faster! Faster!’
And they went so fast that at last
they seemed to skim through the air,
hardly touching the ground with their feet,
till suddenly, just as
Alice was getting quite exhausted,
they stopped, and she found herself sitting
on the ground, breathless and giddy.
In the Obukhiv district.
One person was injured.
Eleven private homes.
Warehouses and.
A petrol station.
Were damaged there.
In the Bucha district.
‘Orcs’ drones struck.
The distribution centre.
Of one of the retail chains.
A fire broke out.
In the building.
Firefighters contained it.
And prevented the fire.
From spreading to.
The neighbouring building.
The Queen propped her up against a tree,
and said kindly,
‘You may rest a little now.’
Alice looked round her in great surprise.
‘Why, I do believe
we’ve been under this tree
the whole time!
Everything’s just as it was!’
A massive strike.
On Kyiv and.
The surrounding region.
Began after 2:00 am.
Initially, around.
A dozen ‘Kalibr’ missiles.
Launched from the south.
Were heading towards the capital.
At the same time.
‘Orcs’ launched strikes.
Using ballistic missiles and.
‘Zircon’ missiles from the north.
‘Of course it is,’ said the Queen:
‘what would you have it?’
‘Well, in our country,’
said Alice, still panting a little,
‘you’d generally get to somewhere else
– if you ran very fast
for a long time,
as we’ve been doing.’
The attack took place.
In several waves.
At the same time.
Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Continued to.
Come under attack.
Come under attack.
From drones.
Ballistic missiles.
And ‘Zircons’ are.
Difficult targets for.
‘Elves’ air defence systems.
‘A slow sort of country!’
said the Queen.
‘Now, here, you see, it takes
all the running you can do,
to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else,
you must run at least twice
as fast as that!’
In particular.
They can be intercepted.
By American Patriot systems.
By American Patriot systems.
‘Kalibrs’ are capable.
Of shooting down.
Other air defence systems.
As well.
however fast they went,
they never seemed to pass anything.
‘I wonder if all the things
move along with us?’
thought poor puzzled Alice.
And the Queen seemed to guess
her thoughts, for she cried,
‘Faster! Don’t try to talk!’
The night-time concentrated strike.
Was a continuation of.
The prolonged drone attack on.
Kyiv and the surrounding region.
Which has been ongoing.
Since 27 August.
Which has been ongoing.
Since 27 August.
Not that Alice had any idea
of doing that.
She felt as if she would never
be able to talk again,
she was getting so much out of breath:
and still the Queen cried
‘Faster! Faster!’
and dragged her along.
During such an attack.
On the village of Myla.
In the Kyiv region.
On 28 August.
Which struck a military depot.
38 people were killed.
Which struck a military depot.
38 people were killed.
‘Are we nearly there?’
Alice managed to pant out at last.
‘Nearly there!’ the Queen repeated.
‘Why, we passed it ten minutes ago! Faster!’
And they ran on for a time in silence,
with the wind whistling in Alice’s ears,
and almost blowing her hair
off her head, she fancied.
‘Orcs’ also attacked.
The Odesa, Zaporizhzhia.
Chernihiv and.
Zhytomyr regions.
The State Emergency Service.
And ‘Gandalf the Green’ reported.
On the consequences.
On the consequences.
‘Now! Now!’ cried the Queen. ‘Faster! Faster!’
And they went so fast that at last
they seemed to skim through the air,
hardly touching the ground with their feet,
till suddenly, just as
Alice was getting quite exhausted,
they stopped, and she found herself sitting
on the ground, breathless and giddy.
In the Odesa region.
Residential buildings.
Businesses and port infrastructure.
Were damaged.
A residential building.
Caught fire.
In the Odesa district;
One person was injured.
The Queen propped her up against a tree,
and said kindly,
‘You may rest a little now.’
Alice looked round her in great surprise.
‘Why, I do believe
we’ve been under this tree
the whole time!
Everything’s just as it was!’
The ‘Orlivka’ border.
Crossing on the border.
With Romania.
Has also been damaged.
Thousands of families.
Have been left without.
Electricity following strikes.
On the energy infrastructure.
‘Of course it is,’ said the Queen:
‘what would you have it?’
‘Well, in our country,’
said Alice, still panting a little,
‘you’d generally get to somewhere else
– if you ran very fast
for a long time,
as we’ve been doing.’
In Zaporizhzhia.
An ‘orcs’ drone.
Attacked a fire.
And rescue vehicle.
Four rescue workers.
Were injured and.
Taken to hospital.
‘A slow sort of country!’
said the Queen.
‘Now, here, you see, it takes
all the running you can do,
to keep in the same place.
If you want to get somewhere else,
you must run at least twice
as fast as that!’
In the Chernihiv region.
In the Novhorod-Siverskyi district.
Fires broke out.
In two settlements.
Following the crash.
Of drones.
A community centre.
And two buildings.
On the grounds of.
An infrastructure facility.
Caught fire.
No one was injured.
‘I’d rather not try,
please!’ said Alice.
‘I’m quite content to stay here
– only I am so hot and thirsty!’
‘I know what you’d like!’
the Queen said good-naturedly,
taking a little box out of her pocket.
‘Have a biscuit?’
According to ‘Gandalf the Green’.
The Kherson, Donetsk.
Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy.
And Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Were also targeted.
In the Zhytomyr region.
A factory was damaged.
But there were no injuries.
Alice never could quite make out,
in thinking it over afterwards,
how it was that they began:
all she remembers is,
that they were running hand in hand,
and the Queen went so fast
that it was all she could do
to keep up with her:
and still the Queen kept crying
‘Faster! Faster!’ but Alice felt
she could not go faster,
though she had no breath left to say so.
The most curious part of the thing was,
that the trees and the other things
round them never changed
their places at all:
*Because I read “12 загиблих у Києві і Борисполі від ракетного удару Росії: половина жертв – залізничники, зруйноване депо(12 killed in Kyiv and Boryspil from Russian missile strike: half of victims are railway workers, depot destroyed) ” on 1 Sep 2026 on the BBC news Ukraine, 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 Ukraine:
