Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
The commander of.
The Third Army Corps of.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Has revealed.
Details of the third phase.
Of Operation ‘Vivaldi’.
Which is currently underway.
In the Lyman sector.
Where the noise came from,
she couldn’t make out;
the air seemed full of it,
and it rang
through and through her head
till she felt quite deafened.
She started to her feet and sprang
across the little brook in her terror,
In his video address.
He described this phase.
As ‘a turning point’.
As ‘a turning point’.
During the fighting.
Troops of the 3rd Army Corps.
Attacked and took control.
Of what he described.
As a key stronghold.
As a key stronghold.
In this sector.
Of the front.
– the village of Nove and.
The surrounding high ground.
– the village of Nove and.
The surrounding high ground.
and had just time to see
the Lion and the Unicorn
rise to their feet,
with angry looks
at being interrupted
in their feast,
before she dropped
to her knees,
Control has also been.
Established over.
The neighbouring settlements.
The neighbouring settlements.
Of Ridkodub.
Katerynivka.
Karpivka and.
Novomykhailivka.
and put her hands
over her ears,
vainly trying to shut out
the dreadful uproar.
‘If that doesn’t
“drum them out of town,” ’
she thought to herself,
‘nothing ever will!’
During this phase.
51 square kilometres.
Of territory.
Were liberated;
The total area liberated.
Since the start of.
The offensive stands.
At 176 square kilometres.
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
The commander of.
The 3rd Army Corps reported.
That the ‘orcs’ army’s casualties.
Amount to 2,000 troops.
Around 250.
Enemy soldiers were.
Taken prisoner.
Taken prisoner.
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,
According to him.
The ‘orcs’ were surrendering.
To the ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
“In whole units”.
He showed video footage.
Of these prisoners.
Captured in the Lyman sector.
Captured in the Lyman sector.
‘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,’
Meanwhile.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
Is reporting on.
Its successes in this sector.
They claim that.
They are advancing and.
Have already captured.
The town of Svyatogorsk.
Which ‘the One’ had previously.
Declared to have been ‘taken’.
Which ‘the One’ had previously.
Declared to have been ‘taken’.
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!
At the same time.
‘Orcs’ military correspondents.
Are criticizing.
The ‘orcs’ Ministry of Defence.
For spreading falsehoods.
And acknowledging.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces’ offensive.
In the Lyman sector.
and a Knight,
dressed in crimson armour,
came galloping down upon her,
brandishing a great club.
Just as he reached her,
the horse stopped suddenly:
‘You’re my prisoner!’ the Knight cried,
as he tumbled off his horse.
The General had previously.
Posted a video.
Of a walk.
In Svyatogorsk.
– this was his way of.
Refuting ‘the One’’s claims.
That the town.
Had been captured.
Startled as she was,
Alice was more frightened
for him than for herself
at the moment,
and watched him with some anxiety
as he mounted again.
As soon as he was
comfortably in the saddle,
‘Elves’ soldiers managed.
To “outsmart” the ‘orcs’.
‘Elves’ soldiers managed.
To “outsmart” the ‘orcs’.
On this section.
Of the front.
According to the commander.
Of the Third Corps.
He said the enemy had expected.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
To launch their main attack.
From the south.
– near the village of Shandryholove.
– rather than from the north.
– near Ridkodub.
And Novoye.
he began once more
‘You’re my –’
but here another voice
broke in
‘Ahoy! Ahoy! Check!’
and Alice looked round
in some surprise
for the new enemy.
“The enemy was convinced.
That the main direction.
Of the attack was.
Shandryholove–Zelena Dolyna.”
“This forced them.
To pointlessly squander.”
“This forced them.
To pointlessly squander.”
“Their reserves.
In counter-attacks.
Specifically in that direction.
The ‘orcs’ missed.”
“The real attack.
Which was focused on.
Capturing Novoye.”
The commander said.
This time it was
a White Knight.
He drew up at Alice’s side,
and tumbled off his horse
just as the Red Knight had done:
then he got on again,
and the two Knights sat and
looked at each other
Another innovation was that.
The ‘elves’ military used.
An old Soviet BTR-60.
Fitted with explosives.
As a kamikaze vehicle.
For the first time.
This armoured personnel carrier.
Managed to blow up.
The ‘orcs’ fortified defences.
Near the village of Nove.
The ‘orcs’ fortified defences.
Near the village of Nove.
for some time
without speaking.
Alice looked from one to the other
in some bewilderment.
‘She’s my prisoner, you know!’
the Red Knight said at last.
‘Yes, but then I came and rescued her!’
the White Knight replied.
The corps commander noted.
That the main role.
At this stage of the operation.
Was played by fighters.
From the Third Assault Brigade.
The Third Border Guard Detachment.
And the Tenth Mobile.
Border Guard Detachment.
‘Well, we must fight for her, then,
said the Red Knight,
as he took up his helmet
and put it on.
‘You will observe
the Rules of Battle, of course?’
the White Knight remarked,
putting on his helmet too.
What is Operation ‘Vivaldi’?
What is Operation ‘Vivaldi’?
This operation.
Conducted by the Third Army Corps.
Has been underway.
Since late spring 2026.
In the Lyman sector.
In Donetsk Oblast.
For a long time.
It was carried out.
In complete secrecy.
In complete secrecy.
‘I always do,’
said the Red Knight,
and they began banging away
at each other
with such fury that
Alice got behind a tree
to be out of the way
of the blows.
However.
In early September.
Some analysts began to reveal.
Some of its details.
According to their reports.
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces.
Managed to make.
A significant breakthrough.
And completely eliminate.
The ‘orcs’ bridgehead.
That had been established.
Last year north of Lyman.
That had been established.
Last year north of Lyman.
On the western bank of.
The Chornyi Zherebets River.
‘I wonder, now,
what the Rules of Battle are,’
she said to herself,
as she watched the fight,
timidly peeping out
from her hiding-place:
timidly peeping out
from her hiding-place:
Moreover.
According to some reports.
‘elves’ forces not only managed.
To drive the enemy off.
‘elves’ forces not only managed.
To drive the enemy off.
The western bank of the river.
But also successfully.
But also successfully.
Crossed this water obstacle.
And began fighting.
On the eastern bank.
‘one Rule seems to be that,
if one Knight hits the other,
he knocks him off his horse;
he knocks him off his horse;
and, if he misses,
he tumbles off himself
and, if he misses,
he tumbles off himself
The ‘elves’ Armed Forces’.
Counter-offensive.
In this sector.
Of the front.
Has reduced the threat.
Of the capture of.
The town of Lyman.
The town of Lyman.
Which is strategically important.
From a logistical point of view.
And has also significantly.
Hampered ‘orcs’ plans.
Hampered ‘orcs’ plans.
To launch an offensive against.
The Sloviansk-Kramatorsk conurbation.
Located further south.
– and another Rule
seems to be that they hold
their clubs in their arms,
as if they were Punch and Judy.
What a noise they make
when they tumble!
Just like a whole set of
fire-irons falling into the fender!
The commander of.
The Third Corps officially confirmed.
The success of the operation.
For the first time.
And revealed its details.
On 15 September.
During the first phase of.
Operation ‘Vivaldi’.
Soldiers of the 3rd Army Corps.
Managed to liberate.
Five villages:
Five villages:
Novoselivka.
Oleksandrivka.
Yarova, Koroviy Yar.
And Seredne.
And how quiet
the horses are!
They let them get on and off them
just as if they were tables!’
Another Rule of Battle,
that Alice had not noticed,
seemed to be that
they always fell on their heads,
In total.
‘Elves’ forces managed.
To clear and de-occupy.
85 square kilometres.
And halt the enemy’s advance.
Towards the Siverskyi Donets River.
And the town of Sviatohirsk.
And the town of Sviatohirsk.
Which ‘the One’ announced.
Which ‘the One’ announced.
The capture of this settlement.
On 1 September.
and the battle ended
with their both falling off
in this way,
side by side:
when they got up again,
they shook hands,
and then the Red Knight
mounted and galloped off.
During the second phase.
Of the operation.
The details of which were.
Revealed by the commander.
The details of which were.
Revealed by the commander.
Of the 3rd Army Corps.
On 20 September.
‘Elves’ forces managed to liberate.
A further three villages:
Shandryholove.
Derylove and Drobysheve.
The area of.
Liberated territory totalled.
40 square kilometres.
40 square kilometres.
‘It was a glorious victory, wasn’t it?’
said the White Knight,
as he came up panting.
‘I don’t know,’
Alice said doubtfully.
‘I don’t want to be
anybody’s prisoner.
I want to be a Queen.’
On 27 September.
‘Gandalf the Green’ stated that.
‘Elves’ troops had achieved.
“Significant results”.
“Significant results”.
As part of.
Operation ‘Vivaldi’.
In the Lyman sector.
“Every week like this.
On the front line.
Which is becoming ours.”
Which is becoming ours.”
“– ‘Elves’ in nature given.
The overall situation –
Prevents ‘Mordor’ from.
Launching a larger-scale offensive.”
“Prevents ‘Mordor’ from.
Launching a larger-scale offensive.
Against Ukraine.”
Against Ukraine.”
he said, without.
he said, without.
Revealing any details.
About these results.
‘So you will,
when you’ve crossed
the next brook,’
said the White Knight.
‘I’ll see you safe
to the end of the wood
– and then I must go back, you know.
That’s the end of my move.’
The ‘elves’ authorities.
Have not announced.
The ultimate objective.
Of Operation ‘Vivaldi’.
But the Commander of.
The Third Army Corps noted.
That it generally consists.
Of four parts.
“There is currently.
A great deal of information.
In open sources.
Suggesting that.”
“The ultimate objective of.
‘Elves’ offensive operations.
Is to reach the banks of.
The Chornyi Zherebets River.”
“But our operation is.
Called ‘Vivaldi’.
And, as we know.
Vivaldi has four seasons.”
“And this is only.
The first of them.”
He explained.
Vivaldi has four seasons.”
Take vantage,
heavy eyes,
not to behold
This shameful lodging.
Fortune, good night:
smile once more;
turn thy wheel!
turn thy wheel!
*Because I read “Новий етап операції “Вівальді”: Білецький розповів, як вдалось звільнити нові села і взяти в полон сотні росіян(A new stage of Operation Vivaldi: Biletsky told how he managed to liberate new villages and capture hundreds of Russians)” on 28 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 a story of Gen. Biletsky, and reports of OSINT, led by ‘KING LEAR’ written by William Shakespeare and ‘THROUGH the LOOKING-GLASS’ written by Lewis Carroll, you know.
Please read the original story on the BBC news Ukraine:
