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Kurama
(Japan)
A POET AT A MARKET
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 works in a kiosk.
At the local market.
The strain feels.
Most acute here.
People are suspicious.
Of your presence.
And start filming you.
With their phones.
All as booms echo.
In the distance.
“When we go to work.
We don't know what will happen.
Whether ‘Mordor’ will hit with rockets.
Or whether we'll make it home alive.”
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.
Like Avdiivka.
Another eastern city.
‘Elves’ forces have been defending Kupiansk.
From a raised position as it sits on a hill.
Across the Oskil River.
Which dissects it.
You can see plumes of smoke.
As they struggle to contain ‘orcs’ advances.
They're around 8km away.
But there are fears.
They will push back.
To the eastern bank of the Oskil.
Ukraine's ambition of completely liberating.
Its territory couldn't feel more distant here.
Instead its troops are repelling.
Wave after wave of ‘orcs’ attacks.
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.
Source: https://www.koryu-meets-chess.info/
Kurama
(Japan)
A POET THROUGH A WOODEN HATCH
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 the elderly.
Stroll the pavements.
Through a wooden hatch.
You meet an exception.
Her father is fighting.
On the front.
And you soon grasp.
How this war has hardened her.
“When the full-scale invasion began.
We realized.
There were deaths everywhere.”
The 17-year-old says.
“Understanding this makes you.
Stronger and more resilient.
In stressful situations.
Even during shelling.”
Her family home.
In the nearby city of Izium.
Was destroyed.
So they moved here.
All of her friends.
Were forced.
To leave Kupiansk.
Long ago.
She outwardly fears very little.
But is clearly unimpressed.
With her country's fate being determined.
By sceptical western politicians.
“I would invite them to see.
With their own eyes what it's like here.
Then they would no longer question.
Whether aid is needed or not.”
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.
Like Avdiivka.
Another eastern city.
‘Elves’ forces have been defending Kupiansk.
From a raised position as it sits on a hill.
Across the Oskil River.
Which dissects it.
You can see plumes of smoke.
As they struggle to contain ‘orcs’ advances.
They're around 8km away.
But there are fears.
They will push back.
To the eastern bank of the Oskil.
Ukraine's ambition of completely liberating.
Its territory couldn't feel more distant here.
Instead its troops are repelling.
Wave after wave of ‘orcs’ attacks.
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.
Source: https://www.koryu-meets-chess.info/
Kurama
(Japan)
A POET IN A BARN
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 separate mechanised brigade.
Explains the constant defending.
They're having to sustain.
“It's day and night.
There are no breaks.
It's 24/7.”
“The ‘orcs’ don't pity anything.”
“The ‘orcs’ have more targets.
So we need more shells.
They throw a lot of men.
And machinery into battle.”
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.
Like Avdiivka.
Another eastern city.
‘Elves’ forces have been defending Kupiansk.
From a raised position as it sits on a hill.
Across the Oskil River.
Which dissects it.
You can see plumes of smoke.
As they struggle to contain ‘orcs’ advances.
They're around 8km away.
But there are fears.
They will push back.
To the eastern bank of the Oskil.
Ukraine's ambition of completely liberating.
Its territory couldn't feel more distant here.
Instead its troops are repelling.
Wave after wave of ‘orcs’ attacks.
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.
Source: https://www.koryu-meets-chess.info/
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Ukraine war: The frontline city Russia could seize again — BBC News
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