Author: Kurama

“When you go to bed you see it; The comrades I lost. How I pulled them out with no limbs. How they died in my arms.”   “This will stay with us. For the rest of our lives.” There is a darkness. Etched across his eyes.   The eyes of a soldier. Recently returned. From […]

In a bunker just outside. The city limits of Bakhmut. Ukraine’s 77th Brigade direct artillery. Fire to support their infantry.   Their last line of defence. On the western edge of the city. Ukraine is still clinging. To the last few streets here.     The artillery gunners watch intently. From a drone flying above […]

“A launch has been detected. Manoeuvre!” The order of the ‘elves’ ground team. Is clear.    An ‘orcs’ Su-35 fighter jet has fired. A missile at his aircraft. He knows he has to abort. The mission in order to survive.   He quickly dives his MiG-29. So low that he can see the treetops. The […]

He had been fighting. For 200 hours without a break. When he was killed by an ‘orc’ sniper. In the city of Bakhmut.   “For eight days. He did not eat, or sleep. He couldn’t even close his eyes for five minutes. Because the sniper could shoot.”   There’s a reason why. She now calls […]

What is alive in the sky? What is dead in the air? You are keeping your eyes on Bakhmut. You need 8 seconds to see Bakhmut.   What is sound in the earth? What is silent in the mud? You are keeping your eyes on Bakhmut. You need 8 seconds to see Bakhmut.   What […]

Suffering from shell-shock. And with one arm bandaged. He was the only soldier. Still able to fight.   The 37-year-old fired. At the waves of ‘orcs’ soldiers. He was the only soldier. Still able to fight.   ‘Orcs’ tried to storm his position. They didn’t even try to take cover. But simply walked towards him. […]

“We have a joke,” he said. “‘The One’ will be made. A hero of Ukraine. For the job he’s done.”   “To unite Ukraine. To build our economy. To build our army. And to make the ‘elves’ nation great.”   Another laughed, “But yeah. The war is horrible. But it’s like the price. For our […]

The line of trees appears to fragment. And disappear as it winds its way towards. The ‘orcs’ positions on the outskirts of. The small town of Velyka Novosilka.   On this front line. ‘Orcs’ eyes are always watching. Waiting for. An opportunity to attack.     An ‘elf’ army infantryman. With the 1st Separate Tank […]

Ukraine has ordered. Some residents to leave Kupiansk. As ‘Mordor’ seeks to re-take the city. It left last year.   Kharkiv’s regional authorities said. Families with children and people. “With limited mobility” must leave due to. “Constant” shelling by ‘orcs’ forces.   ‘Mordor’ seized the north-eastern city. Early in the full-scale invasion. With Ukraine recapturing […]