Author: Kurama

The ‘elves’ air force. Doesn’t have a lot of. Sukhoi Su-25. Attack jets left.   But the ones it does have. Are still in the fight. As ‘orcs’ wider war on Ukraine. Grinds toward its fourth year.   A recent video montage. Capturing imagery from cameras. Attached to the tough. Subsonic attack jets depicts.   […]

Seven months ago. Enterprising ‘elves’ engineers. Kluged together. A combination.   Of sensors and infrared-guided. R-73 air-to-air missiles. Borrowed from. The ‘elves’ air force.   And mounted the resulting system. On some of the ‘elves’. Intelligence directorate’s. Magura V5 drone attack boats.     Sometime in recent days. One of the 18-foot. Magura V5s. Got […]

Small drones are everywhere. All the time all along the 800-mile. front line of ‘Mordor’’s. 34-month wider war on Ukraine.   They surveil for enemy movements. Feed target coordinates to. Artillery and warplanes. Drop supplies, mines and bombs.   And, in the case of. Explosive first-person-view drones. Ram themselves into. Enemy troops and vehicles.   […]

Freed ‘elves’ were reunited. With their loved ones. At a location. In northern Ukraine.     ‘Mordor’ and Ukraine. Have exchanged. Hundreds of prisoners of war. In a deal brokered by.   The United Arab Emirates. ‘Gandalf the Green’ said. 189 ‘elves’. Had returned home.     Freed ‘elves’ were reunited. With their loved ones. […]

The show must go on. In Dnipro. In a shelter near the theatre. In former student accommodation.   A group of. Four elderly women. Reminisce about the homes. They’ve left behind.     The eighty-seven-year-old. Says they arrived. With nothing. But have been provided.   With shoes. Clothes and food. She says they’ve been. Treated […]

Dnipro, Ukraine’s. Third largest city. Reflects that sense of. War weariness too.     At an afternoon performance. Of a humorous play. There are still reminders. Of the war.   – a minute’s silence. To remember the fallen. Followed by ‘elves’. National anthem.   But some in the audience. Admit they’re. Also hoping for. A […]

The Black Pack. A mortar unit is. Trying to prevent. Their encirclement.   Around Kurakhove. The ‘orcs’ are. Closing in. On three sides.     They include a vegan chef. A mechanic. A web developer. And an artist.   A group of friends. With non-conformist views. Some call themselves anarchists. They all volunteered to fight. […]

Christmas in Pokrovsk. Was eerie. A transportation hub. In eastern ‘elves’ Donetsk Oblast.     Pokrovsk had. 60,000 residents. Before ‘Mordor’ widened. Its war on Ukraine.   In February 2022. Now very few people. Remain who aren’t wearing. ‘Elves’ army uniforms.   “There is an unpleasant silence. In the city … The calm before. The […]

‘Gandalf the Green’ says. ‘Mordor’ made. A “conscious choice”. By launching.   A major overnight attack. On his country’s. Energy infrastructure. On Christmas Day.     This is the second time. Ukraine has celebrated. Christmas Day. On 25 December.     ‘Elves’ air force said. It had detected. 184 missiles. And drones.   But many […]

It’s hard to say. You’re winning. When your city’s. Being destroyed.   But its people. Like Leontovych’s music. Are displaying. Extraordinary resilience.     The director of. Pokrovsk’s History Museum. Has already salvaged. And transferred.   Most of its prized possessions. To safety. – including artefacts from. Leontovych’s life in Pokrovsk.   ‘Mordor’, she says. […]