Author: Kurama

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’ […]

“What should I do? For my brother?” His life was spent saving others. She wailed.     His body lay where he fell. Alone. Flat on his back. Under a weak September sun.   He was killed around noon. On 24 September. During hours of intense shelling. In the city of Bakhmut.   A woman […]

“We can professionally. Control the ‘Ring’. But we are helpless in the face. Of people’s irresponsibility and madness.”   On Independence Day. On that Wednesday. An extensive fire burning. In the immediate vicinity of the ‘Ring’ in Zaporizhzhia.   On Knowledge Day. On that Thursday. “We are not going anywhere. ‘The Fellowship’ is now there, […]

Over a hundred people live. In the village of Velyki Prohody. The inscription on the gate says. “People live here”.     ‘Orcs’ sent him to “the pit” twice. And searched his house four times. He is a pensioner. And a former electrician and mechanic.   “Of course, I’m glad. That the village has been […]

The remains of New Year decorations. Which had not been removed. Before ‘orcs’ invasion on February 24. In the village of Velyki Prohody.     A Christmas tree. Wrapped in suspicious looking wires grows. On the lawn near an abandoned village building. False alarm. The wires are not explosives.   It is dangerous to go […]

This broken city is just beginning. To tell its stories. And reveal how many victims. ‘Orcs’ left behind.     Izyum is now a city. With deep scars. In every direction there are. Scorched and battered buildings.   The streets are largely lifeless. It’s as if residents. Who survived the shelling and occupation. Are still […]