Not Martial Arts but Minerva's Arts. Through a Struggle, be guided by Philosophy, Faith, Art, and Science. Like a Forest from the Olive Tree that Athena, goddess of Wisdom, offered the Greek people a long time ago.
Whether the town’s ruins. Are worth the price. ‘Orcs’ paid is a question. Only ‘orcs’ can answer. While Ukraine. And indeed the whole world. Was distracted by. The ‘orcs’ campaign. To capture the industrial town. Of Avdiivka. In eastern Ukraine. Starting in October. The ‘orcs’ military launched. A smaller assault on […]
Struggling to acquire enough. New armored vehicles to replace. The roughly 16,000 vehicles. It has lost in Ukraine. The ‘orcs’ military got. Desperate this spring. It began equipping assault troops. With inexpensive dirt bikes. The theory is that. Soldiers on fast-moving dirt bikes. Might outrace the thousands. Of tiny ‘elves’ drones. […]
The 24th Mechanized Brigade. Ultimately found a way. Through the woods. And past the ‘orcs’. And fetched the cut-off troops. Some of whom were wounded. “The position is ours. The path is unlocked.” To find themselves. Cut off, surrounded and. Under ceaseless enemy attack. This summer. Unknown to most observers. Of ‘orcs’ […]
“This is the price. We pay for freedom.” “This is the price. We pay for freedom.” She is aware that. A lot of anger is. Directed at her company. For cutting electricity so often. For so long. And for so many customers. But, she says. There’s no other option. “We are […]
In Zaporizhzhia. A dentist says appointments. Have to be rescheduled. At the last moment. And there’ve been occasions. When electricity disappeared. During complicated surgery. “If this happens.” “We start our generators. So we can finish. What we have started. There’s no other way.” “We can’t tell the patient. To come back […]
“Our elderly ladies. Can’t pop out. To the shops. To get their bread.” Generators are an increasingly. Common sight in Ukraine. The ‘elves’ capital, Kyiv, has been. Experiencing lengthy power cuts. She was elected. By residents of her. 24-storey apartment block. To help run the building’s facilities. She says living in […]
Power supply. Is a matter of. Life and death. For her son. Her son was born. With disabilities and needs. Electricity-powered equipment. To be able to breathe. With disabilities and needs. Electricity-powered equipment. To be able to eat. And to receive medication. “We are very dependent on electricity. If it wasn’t […]
“There are a lot of criticisms. Because we have lost. A lot of our guys because of. Soviet-type mindset and strategy.” Says a former Security Service officer. “We are limited with manpower. We have no other options. Than thinking of our people.” In the area. Around Kharkiv. ‘Orcs’ advances. Have been stopped. […]
In Pokrovsk. In the Donetsk region. Captain from ‘elves’. 110th Brigade compares. What he sees to. A conveyor belt. Bringing ‘orcs’. To be killed. Although still allowing. Them to push. Forward slowly. A conveyor belt. *Because I read “Ukraine calls them meat assaults: Russia’s brutal plan to take ground” by Gordon […]
“We need everything. And there is always a lack. The boys are holding on. We’re all hanging on.” “It’s hard. But everyone knows. The price and. Why it’s all being done.” On the frontlines. ‘Elves’ soldiers use. A graphic term. To describe. The ‘orcs’ tactics. They face daily. They call them. […]
