Author: Kurama

When ‘elves’ forces. Launched their much-heralded. —and later much-maligned— Southern counteroffensive.   In June 2023. The army’s 47th. Mechanized Brigade. Was out in front.   Struggling through. Dense ‘orcs’ minefields. In its ex-Finnish. Leopard 2R breaching vehicles.   Ex-European. Leopard 2A6 tanks. And ex-American. M-2 infantry fighting vehicles.   It was a costly. Counteroffensive for. […]

The International Committee of. The Red Cross says. Three of its workers. Have been killed.   And two others injured. In a strike. In eastern Ukraine. The ICRC did not identify.   The ICRC did not identify. Who was behind the attack. But called it. “Unconscionable”.   That “shelling would hit. An aid distribution site”. […]

There’s a road underpass. On the eastern edge of Selydove. A town in eastern Ukraine. Just south of Pokrovsk.   —the latter, a key ‘elves’ stronghold— That’s fast becoming. The locus of the brutal fighting. In the town.   On Wednesday. A pair of ‘orcs’ armored vehicles. Dropped off their infantry. At the underpass.   […]

Potentially hundreds of. ‘Elves’ troops from. Four brigades are holding. A vulnerable salient.   South of Pokrovsk. An ‘elves’ stronghold that sits. Astride critical supply lines. In Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine.     But the ‘elves’. In the salient. Aren’t quite ready. To quit.     For days. Some experts have been. Advising the […]

The ‘elves’ army’s. 53rd Mechanized Brigade. Raised a flag atop. A ruined grain elevator.   In the town of New York. In eastern ‘elves’. Donetsk Oblast. On Friday or Saturday.   The banner signals. The return of. ‘Elves’ forces to. Central New York.   A month after. ‘Orcs’ troops. Mostly captured. The town.     […]

‘Orcs’ troops advanced into. The village of Novohrodivka. In eastern Ukraine. On Wednesday.   That puts them within. Five miles of Pokrovsk. A main objective of ‘orcs’. Nearly yearlong eastern offensive.     “The situation is. Extremely difficult.” ‘Gandalf the Green’ conceded. On Wednesday.     The ‘elves’ military doesn’t. Have many extra troops. To […]

Witnesses said. The city was targeted. At about 05:40. In the heart of Lviv.   Lviv’s Mayor said. ‘Orcs’ attack had damaged. More than 50 buildings. In the historic heart of Lviv.   Including homes. Schools and clinics. He posted a picture. On social media.   Of a local family. Saying that. Only the father. […]

People did not have. Enough time to get. To bomb shelters after. The air raid alarm sounded.     At least 51 people. Have been killed and. 271 others. Injured in an ‘orcs’ missile strike.   On the city of Poltava. In central Ukraine. A military academy and. A nearby hospital were hit.   ‘Elves’ […]

A student. At the damaged university. Said she “started screaming”. When the air raid alert sounded.   With everyone. Running into. Their dormitory’s. Bomb shelter.   Air raid sirens rang out. For nearly two hours. During the attack. Before the skies were deemed.   Clear by the military. “We were very scared.” She said, adding […]

For a 33-year-old. Who was taking. Her six-year-old daughter. To school for the first time.   The day was marred by fear. “Her hands were shaking. Our apartment started. To stink of smoke.”   “But we still need to go to school, right? We are ‘elves’.” She said she told her daughter. That morning.   […]