“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.”
According to ‘the One’.
The ‘orcs’ army’s offensive.
Is proceeding confidently.
On all fronts.
Units of the ‘orcs’ army.
Have begun actively.
Using AI tools.
To create.
Fake photos and videos.
Purporting to show.
Their ‘advances’.
On the front line.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
Some sources within.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces command.
Confirm this trend.
However, they emphasise.
That the main tactic.
Of ‘orcs’ troops remains.
What is known.
As ‘infiltration’.
But the Barrister, weary of proving in vain
That the Beaver’s lace-making was wrong,
Fell asleep, and in dreams saw the creature quite plain
That his fancy had dwelt on so long.
Small groups.
Of 2–3, or.
Less frequently 4–5.
Fighters attempt to slip.
Between ‘elves’ positions.
Into the rear.
Take up concealed positions.
In buildings or shelters.
And after a while.
Display the ‘orcs’ flag.
On camera.
Using a drone.
He dreamed that he stood in a shadowy Court,
Where the Snark, with a glass in its eye,
Dressed in gown, bands, and wig, was defending a pig
On the charge of deserting its sty.
Following this.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
Adds the settlement.
To its list of ‘captured’ locations.
Even if ‘elves’.
Search-and-strike groups.
Subsequently eliminate.
The ‘infiltrated’ enemy forces.
The Witnesses proved, without error or flaw,
That the sty was deserted when found:
And the Judge kept explaining the state of the law
In a soft under-current of sound.
However, when.
It is impossible to get.
Even small groups.
Of assault troops.
Into a settlement.
The ‘orcs’ resorts.
To fabrication.
Using AI.
It ‘superimposes’ its own.
Fighters onto footage.
Of a village or town that.
Has allegedly been captured.
The indictment had never been clearly expressed,
And it seemed that the Snark had begun,
And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed
What the pig was supposed to have done.
“And then it turns out.
That the ‘orcs’ have ‘captured’.
Those villages.”
Those villages.”
“Which are 7–10 km.
From the actual front line.
But we didn’t even see them.
Anywhere near there.”
“But we didn’t even see them.
Anywhere near there.”
Says a source from.
The Sumy sector speaking.
The Jury had each formed a different view
(Long before the indictment was read),
And they all spoke at once, so that none of them knew
One word that the others had said.
The ‘orcs’ have also published.
Such fake reports.
Such fake reports.
Of ‘advances’.
From the Donetsk.
From the Kharkiv.
From the Zaporizhzhia and.
From the Lyman sectors.
“You must know—” said the Judge: but the Snark exclaimed “Fudge!”
That statute is obsolete quite!
Let me tell you, my friends, the whole question depends
On an ancient manorial right.
A video showing.
The ‘presence’ of.
An ‘orc’ soldier.
In the town of Svyatogorsk.
– the capture of which.
‘The One’ even announced.
On 1 September –
Speaks volumes.
The footage clearly.
Shows signs of AI.
The footage clearly.
Shows signs of AI.
– a soldier with his face obscured.
Has been ‘superimposed’.
Onto the landscape.
Of Svyatogorsk Street.
“In the matter of Treason the pig would appear
To have aided, but scarcely abetted:
While the charge of Insolvency fails, it is clear,
If you grant the plea ‘never indebted.’
The US think tank.
Has investigated this issue.
And identified.
Dozens of examples.
Over recent months.
Of such ‘success’ videos.
Being published by.
The ‘orcs’ military and bloggers.
“The fact of Desertion I will not dispute;
But its guilt, as I trust, is removed
(So far as relates to the costs of this suit)
By the Alibi which has been proved.
It believes that.
Such videos are produced.
Specifically to give.
The impression that.
‘Mordor’ holds the initiative.
On the front line.
And to portray.
The situation.
As if the ‘elves’ line.
Of defence is collapsing.
Across the entire theatre.
Of operations.
“My poor client’s fate now depends on your votes.”
Here the speaker sat down in his place,
And directed the Judge to refer to his notes
And briefly to sum up the case.
“The production of.
AI-altered video footage appears.
To be the initiative of.
Individual ‘orcs’ ‘war correspondents’.”
“And specific units.
Rather than a large-scale.
Centralised or standardized.
Military practice.”
But the Judge said he never had summed up before;
So the Snark undertook it instead,
And summed it so well that it came to far more
Than the Witnesses ever had said!
It has established that.
‘Orcs’ sources began publishing.
Large numbers of videos.
Showing flags being raised.
– which had been altered.
Using artificial intelligence –
From June 2026.
From June 2026.
When the verdict was called for, the Jury declined,
As the word was so puzzling to spell;
But they ventured to hope that the Snark wouldn’t mind
Undertaking that duty as well.
Between 1 June 2026.
And 30 August 2026.
The US think tank recorded.
At least 35 videos.
Suspected of involving.
The use of AI.
Suspected of involving.
The use of AI.
Commercially available software.
Capable of detecting.
Such content with.
A high degree of certainty.
Determined that.
At least 10 videos.
Had been altered.
Using artificial intelligence.
So the Snark found the verdict, although, as it owned,
It was spent with the toils of the day:
When it said the word “GUILTY!” the Jury all groaned,
And some of them fainted away.
The total number.
Of such videos is.
Likely to be higher.
Likely to be higher.
Given the limitations.
Of AI detection tools:
They do not always.
Successfully identify alterations.
That are obvious.
To a trained observer.
That are obvious.
To a trained observer.
Then the Snark pronounced sentence, the Judge being quite
Too nervous to utter a word:
When it rose to its feet, there was silence like night,
And the fall of a pin might be heard.
It first documented.
A video featuring.
‘Orcs’ flags that.
Had been altered.
Using AI.
On 11 June 2026.
And by the end.
Of that month.
‘Orcs’ sources had released.
At least eight such videos.
Which were likely altered.
Using artificial intelligence.
“Transportation for life” was the sentence it gave,
“And then to be fined forty pound.”
The Jury all cheered, though the Judge said he feared
That the phrase was not legally sound.
The US think tank noted that.
In July and August.
‘Orcs’ sources published.
‘Orcs’ sources published.
At least 13 and.
14 videos respectively.
Which contained footage.
Altered using AI.
It believes that.
‘Mordor’ is using.
AI-altered material.
As part of.
A cognitive warfare campaign.
To portray an ‘orcs’ victory.
In Ukraine.
As inevitable.
But their wild exultation was suddenly checked
When the jailer informed them, with tears,
Such a sentence would have not the slightest effect,
As the pig had been dead for some years.
Commercial software designed.
To detect AI-generated content.
Indicates that.
Indicates that.
The analysed video footage.
Was created.
Using the Sora and.
Seedance models.
Sora and Seedance are.
Generative AI models that.
Create videos based on.
Input text or reference materials.
The Judge left the Court, looking deeply disgusted:
But the Snark, though a little aghast,
As the lawyer to whom the defence was intrusted,
Went bellowing on to the last.
Sora was launched.
In 2024.
By the American company.
Which specializes.
In artificial intelligence.
In artificial intelligence.
Seedance was launched.
In 2025.
By the Chinese company.
Which operates in the fields.
Of artificial intelligence.
And social media.
Thus the Barrister dreamed, while the bellowing seemed
To grow every moment more clear:
Till he woke to the knell of a furious bell,
Which the Bellman rang close at his ear.
For example.
For example.
On 27 July.
The pro-‘orcs’ Telegram channel.
Published a video.
Showing an ‘orc’ serviceman.
Raising a flag.
Raising a flag.
On the eastern outskirts.
Of the village.
Of Bilyi Kolodyazh.
In the Kharkiv region.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
‘Orcs’ and ‘elves’ sources.
Reported that.
The video had been altered.
Using AI.
Given the soldier’s.
Unnatural physical proportions.
And his sudden disappearance.
From the frame.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
Announced the capture.
Of this settlement.
On 3 August.
And the Banker, inspired with a courage so new
It was matter for general remark,
Rushed madly ahead and was lost to their view
In his zeal to discover the Snark
On 24 August.
The ‘war correspondent’.
Who frequently posts.
Footage from the area.
Of responsibility of the ‘orcs’.
‘Vostok’ military group.
Released a video.
Showing ‘orcs’ servicemen.
With similarly disproportionate.
Physiques raising flags.
In Dolynka.
Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
On the same day.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
Announced the capture.
Of this village.
But while he was seeking with thimbles and care,
A Bandersnatch swiftly drew nigh
And grabbed at the Banker, who shrieked in despair,
For he knew it was useless to fly.
The US think tank notes that.
‘Orcs’ sources use.
Panning and zooming.
In their videos.
To reduce the time.
To reduce the time.
During which AI-generated.
Or altered servicemen.
Are visible in the frame.
Thereby making it.
More difficult.
To detect anomalies.
He offered large discount—he offered a cheque
(Drawn “to bearer”) for seven-pounds-ten:
But the Bandersnatch merely extended its neck
And grabbed at the Banker again.
Video footage that has.
Likely been altered.
Using this technology.
Using this technology.
Contains splices.
Erratic camera zooms.
Or panning.
As well as inconsistencies.
In the shadows.
In the shadows.
Around the ‘orcs’ servicemen.
And flags depicted.
Without rest or pause—while those frumious jaws
Went savagely snapping around—
He skipped and he hopped, and he floundered and flopped,
Till fainting he fell to the ground.
Editing is used to link.
Two scenes:
A close-up of an ‘orc’ soldier.
Waving a flag.
And a wide shot of.
The settlement where.
The event is supposedly.
Taking place.
The anomalies identified.
Suggest that.
AI models still struggle.
AI models still struggle.
To generate.
Convincing images of.
‘Orcs’ military personnel or.
To animate complex scenes.
The Bandersnatch fled as the others appeared
Led on by that fear-stricken yell:
And the Bellman remarked “It is just as I feared!”
And solemnly tolled on his bell.
It is likely that.
‘Orcs’ sources are filming.
Videos in frontline.
Towns and villages.
Specifically to use them.
As source material.
As source material.
For AI models.
He was black in the face, and they scarcely could trace
The least likeness to what he had been:
While so great was his fright that his waistcoat turned white—
A wonderful thing to be seen!
Some ‘war correspondents’.
Have added maps or landmarks.
To their AI-altered videos.
Indicating the location.
Where the flag was raised.
In order to facilitate geolocation.
Where the flag was raised.
In order to facilitate geolocation.
To the horror of all who were present that day,
He uprose in full evening dress,
And with senseless grimaces endeavoured to say
What his tongue could no longer express.
Detecting AI-based manipulation.
In such videos.
Requires a more thorough analysis.
Of the military personnel.
Or flags depicted.
Rather than a detailed check.
Of geolocation data.
according to The US think tank.
Down he sank in a chair—ran his hands through his hair—
And chanted in mimsiest tones
Words whose utter inanity proved his insanity,
While he rattled a couple of bones.
It has identified.
At least 10 regiments.
And brigades that appear.
In video footage.
Which is believed.
Which is believed.
To have been altered.
Using AI.
Or which is suspected.
Or which is suspected.
Of having been altered.
In this way.
“Leave him here to his fate—it is getting so late!”
The Bellman exclaimed in a fright.
“We have lost half the day. Any further delay,
And we sha’n’t catch a Snark before night!”
Furthermore.
The ‘orcs’ high command.
Has also used.
Such videos in its reports.
On 27 August.
The Chief of the General Staff.
Of the ‘orcs’ Armed Forces.
Stated that.
‘Orcs’ troops had made.
Advances on.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk front.
And had captured.
The village of Piskunivka.
In the Donetsk region.
The village of Piskunivka.
In the Donetsk region.
They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care;
They pursued it with forks and hope;
They threatened its life with a railway-share;
They charmed it with smiles and soap.
Commercial software designed.
To detect AI-generated content.
Has determined with.
A high degree of certainty.
That several scenes purportedly.
Showing ‘orcs’ military personnel.
In Piskunivka had been altered.
Using AI models.
They shuddered to think that the chase might fail,
And the Beaver, excited at last,
Went bounding along on the tip of its tail,
For the daylight was nearly past.
On 3 and 4 July.
‘Orcs’ sources released.
At least four videos.
In which the use of AI.
Is either suspected.
Or confirmed.
Is either suspected.
Or confirmed.
Purportedly showing.
‘Orcs’ servicemen.
Waving flags.
In Kostiantynivka.
“There is Thingumbob shouting!” the Bellman said,
“He is shouting like mad, only hark!
He is waving his hands, he is wagging his head,
He has certainly found a Snark!”
‘Orcs’ sources also used.
Video footage.
Which had likely been.
Altered using AI.
To deny ‘elves’ confirmed.
Territorial gains.
In the Oleksandrivka sector.
In the Oleksandrivka sector.
They gazed in delight, while the Butcher exclaimed
“He was always a desperate wag!”
They beheld him—their Baker—their hero unnamed—
On the top of a neighbouring crag,
On 12 August.
‘Gandalf the Green’ announced.
That ‘elves’ forces.
Had completed.
Their counter-offensive operations.
In the Oleksandrivka sector.
And liberated.
26 settlements.
Erect and sublime, for one moment of time,
In the next, that wild figure they saw
(As if stung by a spasm) plunge into a chasm,
While they waited and listened in awe.
On 14 August.
An ‘orcs’ source released.
A video purportedly.
Showing ‘orcs’ servicemen.
Holding positions.
In several settlements.
Liberated by.
‘Elves’ forces.
“It’s a Snark!” was the sound that first came to their ears,
And seemed almost too good to be true.
Then followed a torrent of laughter and cheers:
Then the ominous words “It’s a Boo—”
Software designed to.
Detect AI-generated content.
Determined with.
A high degree of certainty.
That the scenes purportedly.
Showing ‘orcs’ soldiers.
In Novomykolaivka and Zlagoda.
In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
As well as in the northern parts.
Of Pryvilne, Rybne.
Krasnohirsk and Novohryhorivka.
In Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Had been altered.
Using AI models.
Had been altered.
Using AI models.
Then, silence. Some fancied they heard in the air
A weary and wandering sigh
That sounded like “-jum!” but the others declare
It was only a breeze that went by.
The ‘orcs’ authorities.
Have not commented.
On instances.
of the military.
Using video footage.
Edited using AI.
Using video footage.
Edited using AI.
According to ‘the One’.
The ‘orcs’ army’s offensive.
Is proceeding confidently.
On all fronts.
“Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried,
As he landed his crew with care;
Supporting each man on the top of the tide
By a finger entwined in his hair.
“Just the place for a Snark! I have said it twice:
That alone should encourage the crew.
Just the place for a Snark! I have said it thrice:
What I tell you three times is true.”
*Because I read “Намальовані перемоги”. Як Росія за допомогою ШІ імітує успіхи на фронті(“Painted victories.” How Russia uses AI to simulate successes on the front)” by Oleg Chernysh on 16 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, including reports from the Institute for the Study of War, led by ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
“Намальовані перемоги”. Як Росія за допомогою ШІ імітує успіхи на фронті – BBC News Україна
