Author: Kurama

For at least. The fifth time. In a little more than. Six months.   ‘Orcs’ troops. Gathered out. In the open. For training.   Or inspection. Within range of. ‘Elves’ American-made. Artillery rockets.   And for at least. The fifth time. In a little more than. Six months.   ‘Elves’ batteries hit. The assembled ‘orcs’. […]

“Five-star” is how one of. The prisoners rated his capture. “I think we were captured. Beautifully,” another said.     This summer. ‘Elves’ national guardsmen. From the 12th Azov Brigade. Liberated a small section.   Of the Kreminna Forest. In eastern Ukraine. For the most part. The brigade fought.   Like it usually fights: With […]

‘Orcs’ troops are now. Advancing towards Kurakhove. A city 35km. South of Pokrovsk.   ‘Elves’ forces in that area. Confirm the fighting. In their sectors. Has intensified lately.     This development is. Also reflected. In the daily briefings. Of ‘elves’ General Staff.   On Thursday they reported. That there were 32 clashes. In the […]

The situation is critical. An ‘elf’ military officer. In the east said. Near the front line.   South of Pokrovsk. ‘Orcs’ military strategy. Now appears. To be surrounding.   The city. Which is a key. Transportation hub. In the region.   The officer said. His military leadership. Want to hold their positions. At all costs. […]

However, ‘elf’ commander-in-chief. Says that the army has managed. To stop the ‘orcs’ advancement. Towards Pokrovsk.   A battalion commander of. The 110th brigade. Said that the front line. On the northern flank.   Of ‘orcs’ assault. On Pokrovsk. Had indeed. Been stabilised.   However, ‘orcs’ attacks. Are mostly focused on. The southern flank, he […]

Fleeing the town. She has lived. In most of her life. A woman is taking.   Just one small bag. And her two tiny kittens. Just one small bag. And her two tiny kittens.   “Look what ‘orcs’. Did to us. I worked here. For 30 years.”   “And now I am. Leaving everything behind.” […]

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 […]