Author: Kurama

From the days before the attack. The ‘orcs’ word “children” was. Clearly painted on the lawn. In front of the theatre.     A 27-year-old locksmith. Had also wandered. Into the building. That morning.   He had some friends there. And went to look for them. He was near the main entrance. When the explosion […]

Remember. Remember. Don’t forget this theatre. Remember. Remember. Don’t forget this scream.   From the days before the attack. The ‘orcs’ word “children” was. Clearly painted on the lawn. In front of the theatre.   Remember. Remember. Don’t forget this disease. Remember. Remember. Don’t forget this disaster.   The new, U-shaped compound sits. Near the […]

Even at the end. Of a long day. The chief medic still chops the wood. And lights the fireplace.   The rest of his team are on shift. Or have retired for the night. The chief medic is often. The last to sleep.   His wife, also a doctor. Sends him pictures. Of bunk beds […]

A cartoon shows that. For this ‘orc’ knight. Every direction points to. Chornobaivka – and certain death.     “We got out just a couple of times. Per month to buy food.” Until the war she had worked. As an operator at the airfield.   “We didn’t go anywhere. We grew carrots. Beetroot and potatoes. […]

“We feel grace that the body will finally. Return from the war.” He describes his job as bringing. The dead back from oblivion.   Two young ‘elves’ men have. The grim task of retrieving. The bodies of civilians and soldiers. Killed in this brutal war.   Today they’re in a recently liberated area. In eastern […]

‘Elves’ energy infrastructure. Has come under attack from ‘Mordor’. Once again this week. Leaving millions without power.   As temperatures drop below. Freezing around the country. There are fears ‘Mordor’. Is “weaponising winter”.   And nowhere is it clearer. What that might look like. Than at the towns along the front line. In the east. […]

She is glad to be alive. And believes she was fated to live. “No matter what, life goes on. And I have an understanding that I must live!”     She was the only person. Inside her house to survive. When it was bombed. By ‘orcs’.   The 48-year-old accountant lived. With her husband in […]

“People should know the truth. About these horrors. So that it will never happen again.” She had been desperate to find her son.     This summer she visited. A mass burial site. At Vynohradne near Mariupol. Looking for him.   She lost her son in the fighting. She doesn’t know what happened to. The […]

In early March, a local ecologist. Had been trying to find. A place to bury his father. Who had been killed in the fighting.   He found to his disgust that. The mortuaries were full. He went to the local authorities to ask. Where he could bury his father.   And realising how many others. […]

My heart is jumping. In front of our bus… My heart is jumping. In front of our bus…   I’ll see my dear son. I’ll see my dear son. My dear son has been in the hospital. He was injured in a heavy battle.   Thank God, all the saints. Thank God, all the saints. […]