Author: Kurama

“In order to preserve. Life and encirclement. I have withdrawn. Our units from Avdiivka.”   So, what does Avdiivka’s fall. Mean for the wider conflict? Size matters more than ever. The medium term and the long term.     When he was appointed. This month. ‘Elves’ new head of the armed forces. Gen, said he […]

She is waiting for. Her train to Kyiv. “A year ago. We thought we’d get.”   “Help from the West and. That our counter offensive. Would work. But not anymore.”   “People used to believe. But not now.” “People used to believe. But not now.”     Distant rumbles. Of artillery serve either. As a […]

It doesn’t apply. To everyone who. Ignores offers. Of evacuation.   Some just refuse. To abandon their homes. And have got used to. The constant danger.     He isn’t one of them. After his home. In the town of Toretsk. Was almost shelled twice.   He’s taking. His belongings. And his grandson. To a […]

In eastern Ukraine. The tide of this war. Hasn’t just changed. – it’s coming in fast.   It’s one thing to stay in your home. For as long as you can. It’s another to risk death. Or ‘orcs’ occupation.     “We know what’s coming.” She says as she packs up. The TV in her […]

It’s an echo of. World War II. When gunners in the noses. Of heavy bombers.   Defended their planes. From enemy fighters. It’s an echo of. World War II.     A video depicting. One gun-armed. Mi-8 appeared. Online this week.   In the video. A gunner wedged. Between the helicopter’s pilot. And co-pilot.   […]

For months, ‘elves’ officials. Have been begging. Their foreign allies for permission. To use the best donated weaponry.   —in particular. Powerful ballistic missiles— To hit ‘orcs’ warplanes. That have been parking out.   In the open. At airfields inside ‘Mordor’. Within quick flying time. Of ‘elves’ cities.   For months, those allies. Have demurred. […]

Rostov-on-Don. Is so unlucky that. She got blown up. Not once.   An ‘orcs’ Kilo-class. Diesel-electric submarine. Belonging to the ‘orcs’ navy’s. Black Sea Fleet.   Rostov-on-Don. Is so unlucky that. She got blown up. But reportedly twice.   Both times. It seems. By ‘elves’. Cruise missiles.     On Friday. The 10-year-old. Rostov-on-Don. Was […]

Those ‘elves’ aviators. Dogfighting with ‘orcs’ drones. In their 1970s-vintage propeller plane. World War I style.   Seem to have inspired. A movement. Now more ‘elves’ are preparing. To take to the sky.   In slow-flying prop planes. —and hunt down the ‘orcs’ drones. Buzzing over. Vulnerable bases and cities.     A video that […]

For three months. The ‘elves’ crew of a propeller-driven. Yakovlev Yak-52 training plane. Has been hunting down.   Dogfighting with and shooting down. —World War I style— ‘Orcs’ surveillance drones. Over Odesa Oblast in southern Ukraine.     The ‘orcs’ military’s frustration. With the Yak-52 and its. Shotgun-wielding back-seat gunner. Crested last week.   As […]

‘Orcs’ are getting. Really fed up with. The ‘elves’ crew of that. Yakovlev Yak-52 training plane.   That has been dogfighting with. And shooting down. ‘Orcs’ surveillance drones. —World War I-style.     In three months. Two aviators riding in a Yak-52. —a front-seat pilot. And a back-seat gunner—   Have taken out at least. […]