Author: Kurama

In a barn near Kupiansk. Around 15 soldiers find. The briefest of pauses. For a Christmas prayer.   The candlelight illuminates. The condensation from their breath. There’s a thin layer of snow. On the frozen soil outside.   With ‘orcs’ drones. Constantly loitering above. Large gatherings. Are dangerous.     A soldier from. The 14th […]

Christmas in Kupiansk. Is a celebration. In name only. Most children have been evacuated.   There is a visceral tension. Which comes with. Living close. To the front line.     As you moved away from the market. An ease in pressure was accompanied. By a realization of how empty. The streets were.   Mostly […]

Within the first hour. Of you arriving. There were two sirens. And incoming artillery fire.   This city Kupiansk was occupied. For six months. And then liberated. Last year.   However as western support. Started to wane. The ‘orcs’ began. Pushing back.     “We all live on the edge. In fear of death.” She […]

‘Orcs’ tortured the land. ‘Orcs’ tortured, but he’s back to. ‘Orcs’ tortured the land.     A police officer in Kherson. Was not able to get away. When the ‘orcs’ invasion began. So he hid.   Then in the summer of 2022. He also disappeared. And his family. Could not find him.   He had […]

‘Orcs’ captured the land. ‘Orcs’ captured, but he’ll be back to. ‘Orcs’ captured the land.     He has been searching for. His brother for nearly two years. His brother is one of thousands. Of ‘elves’ civilians.   Being held in prisons. In ‘Mordor’. And the occupied territories. For opposing the war.   But with […]

While he and others were trying to reach. Their main position in Avdiivka. Six people were left. Behind at Zenith.   Five were wounded and couldn’t walk. Including a paramedic. A sniper. And an anti-tank fighter.   While he and others were trying to reach. Their main position in Avdiivka. Six people were left. Behind […]

The Serebrianskyi forest is alight. At first, it is only a hint on the breeze. The faint smell of wood smoke. Amid the pine trees.   A reference to the battlefields. Of World War One. The sprawling forest lies. To the east of the city of Lyman.     Three men of. The 1st Special […]

Soldiers, of course. Have the advantage. Of armour. Civilians do not.   And around Kupiansk. The city ‘elves’ recaptured last September. ‘Orcs’ guns are again. Shelling people’s homes.     Helping get people to safety is. A volunteer with the charity “I am Saved”. The words are written across his T-shirt. And have a double […]

“Everything will be fine.” “Everything will be fine.” You realise they are more than. Simply words to this family.   “Everything will be fine.” “Everything will be fine.” They are an enduring act of faith. The war has not destroyed.     The children are struggling to sleep. For at least the last week. The […]

“We have to be strong. We have to live. We will make it. We are good people.”   “Who deserve to live in. A peaceful and flourishing Ukraine.” “Who deserve to live in. A peaceful and flourishing Ukraine.”     He shows you round the ruins of his home. In the village of Pavlo-Marianivka. “Here […]