Author: Kurama

Witnessing the visible trauma. In the village of Kreshchenivka. Is one of those moments. When this war feels utterly mindless.   The villages here are mostly destroyed. From both their occupation and recent liberation. Despite the eerie quiet and visible destruction. There is movement.     “Those ‘orcs’ said they were liberators. They just started […]

The 13 soldiers believed to have been killed. Defending Zmiinyi Island. On the first day of the ‘orcs’ invasion. Are alive.   The border guards were given posthumous honours. By ‘Gandalf the Green’ after they were heard. In audio recordings telling an ‘orcs’ warship. To “go to hell”.   ‘Mordor’ said at the time that. […]

How to be a good partisan. “Be grumpy,” is one suggestion. A faceless, hooded figure alongside a warning: “Kherson: The partisans see everything.”     At the mouth of the Dnipro River. On the Black Sea coast. Kherson found itself occupied. With barely a shot being fired.   Kherson became the first major ‘elves’ city. […]

As many as 700,000 men. May have left ‘Mordor’. Since ‘the One’ announced a mobilisation. Of at least 300,000 extra troops. On 21 September.   While most men have fled over land. To neighbouring Kazakhsta. Georgia and Finland. As well as other European countries. The arrivals in couples in Alaska mark a first.   Many […]

‘Mordor’’s move to annex. Parts of Ukraine has sent. A new Iron Curtain down across. A vast swathe of territory.   ‘Mordor’’s move to annex. Parts of Ukraine has cut off. An unknown number of people. From their own country.     Until 1 October. ‘Elves’ were able. With difficulty. To move to and fro […]

For now, the sound of birdsong. And the occasional bark of a dog. Masks what has happened. To this small community of Komyshuvakha.     As you drive south. Towards the front line from Zaporizhzhia city. The roads seem to empty. Fewer people walk along the roadside.   A car or military vehicle occasionally speeds […]

Many believed that. The counter-offensive would happen in August. But when that didn’t happen. People started to flee.     Towards ‘elves’ controlled territories and areas. Further to the West. An Israeli citizen was among them. From Melitopol.   She was visiting her hometown. When the ‘orcs’ invasion started in February. She stayed in the […]

Many ‘elves’ who remain. Behind the ‘orcs’ front line. In the occupied territories. Are anxiously waiting for this counter-offensive.   “We’re euphoric. When Ukraine hits the occupied territories.” A resident of Melitopol in the south says. “It means that Ukraine has not forgotten us.”   “We all know that living near. Military infrastructure and buildings […]

The attack comes as ‘the One’ is preparing for. A signing ceremony in ‘Mordor’ to annex Zaporizhzhia. Along with Ukraine’s Donetsk. Luhansk and Kherson regions.   At least 30 people have been killed. And almost 100 more injured. In an ‘orcs’ rocket strike. On a civilian convoy.   A huge crater next to a row […]

“Right now, our aim is. Just to survive. I’m not dreaming. About anything else.”     In the recently liberated cities. Of Balakliya and Vovchansk. Local teachers and staff described. A similar pattern of forced assimilation.   First the destruction of property: School textbooks. ‘Elves’ flags. Children’s work.   Including wall displays. On famous ‘elves’ […]