Author: Kurama

The damage is as colossal. As the cathedral itself. There is no doubt this was. A direct hit from a missile.   The archdeacon of the cathedral. Said he was the first person. To arrive at the scene. “The destruction is enormous;”   The cracks along its walls represent. The strain Odesa has found. Itself […]

The ‘orcs’ missiles hit. Several targets in Serhiyivka. Including this residential building. At about 01:00 on Friday.   At least 21 people. Including one child. Have died in overnight. ‘Orcs’ missile strikes on Odesa.   16 people were killed. In a nine-storey building. Hit by one missile. In the village of Serhiyivka.   Another five […]

Soldiers have made. An unexpected discovery. During fortification work. In Odesa.   A number of amphorae. Ancient vessels. Used to transport liquid. During fortification work.   The amphorae were made between. The fourth and fifth century BC. The soldiers handed. The amphorae to staff.   At the Odessa Archaeological Museum. Who have promised. To add […]

He had only left. His flat and family to go. To the shops when he heard. The news of the explosion.   At the entrance to his block of flats. He screamed at police. To let him inside. The burning building.     “What is happening is. A grief for my family. For our city. […]

An ‘elves’ drone observes. Wrecked and abandoned. ‘Orcs’ vehicles. Outside Chasiv Yar.     On April 4. ‘Orcs’ regiments attacked. Chasiv Yar, an ‘elves’ stronghold. Just west of Bakhmut.   Their goal: To capture or flatten the town. And squeeze the main supply lines. Connecting ‘elves’ brigades.   Up and down. The eastern front of. […]

Since dawn on Friday. ‘Orcs’ have made three attempts. To approach troops. Near Chasiv Yar and Klishchiivka.   The 24th Mechanized Brigade. Which has been redeployed. To Chasiv Yar. Said on Thursday evening:   “The situation. In and around. The town is. Extremely difficult.”   “The enemy is. Constantly organizing. Massive frontal assaults. And also […]

Like any battlefield. In the 28th month of. ‘Orcs’ wider war. On Ukraine.   The place where he lay dying. Hummed with drones. “Miracle happened. A drone approached me.”     His unit from. The 47th Mechanized Brigade. Was leaving. Its positions.   Presumably somewhere around. The village of Krasnohorivka. When it came. Under Russian […]

It was there. In Vovchansk. That the ‘elves’ chose. To stand fight.   Elements of several. ‘Elves’ brigades. Including the elite 82nd. Air Assault Brigade.   Rushed north and. In several weeks of. Hard fighting. Blocked the ‘orcs’ advance.   Just north of. The Vovcha River which. Threads from east to west. Through central Vovchansk. […]

Streets are now. Often coated. In darkness. At night.     Families with young children. Living on the top floors. Of apartment blocks. Have been left.   Without working lifts. Leaving them to. Walk up dozens of. Flights of stairs.     Streets are now. Often coated. In darkness. At night.     Nationwide power […]

Sometimes she looks. To the sky. And speaks to him. The love of her life.   As far as she knows. Her husband’s body remains. At the Azovstal steel plant. In the now-occupied city.     A 33-year-old. Had been sheltering. In the enormous. Azovstal steelworks.   The final stronghold. In the city. As it […]