Situation Report: Russian Invasion in Ukraine Day: 175 Poem by Gert Strydom

Russians took the M03 road at the H32 crossing,
while they are attacking Bahkmut on both roads
where with stern defence the Ukraine erodes
Russian equipment and men it severally sting,

as Russian attacks from two directions swing,
with shells and missiles that explodes.
On the long term to Ukraine this ill bodes.
With reinforcements they do devastation bring

among Russians it's a slaughtering of men
from Pidhorodne from the north-side
with Patrisa Lumumby Street onward,
even where they are outnumbered one to ten,
in strengthened positions Ukrainians hide,
mow down the Russian troops driven forward.
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At Bakhmutske Russia controls the German plant,
from Derzhavne they may also attack.
From strong positions Ukraine will nothing grant,
are trying to push the Russians further back.

The Ukraine's positions and forces are strong
and to win and overcome the spirit is high,
where they know that they do not to Russia belong,
are still harassed by Russians that on them spy.

In occupied arias numerous partisans avail,
do destroy those that do the Ukraine betray:
supply Russian positions that they must fail,
explosives on the railway-lines down lay:
from a totalitarian regime they want to stay free,
a capitalist sovereign country they want to be.

3
At Popasna Ukraine targeted Wagner headquarters,
on that facility there was a HIMARS strike,
according to some rumours and reporters
Yevgeny Prigozhin, on visit, died there alike,

while on inspection of his troops he passed by,
when the building was totally devastated.
Many Wagner mercenaries did there die.
I do not know if this is fact and if he was there baited.

Prigozin is of Putin an ally and very close friend,
an oligarch that owns a private army,
that do sometimes with him time spend,
where on Putin's goals they do eye to eye see

and in Africa and Syria Wagner do Putin serve,
in some eyes these mercenaries to death deserve.

4

At the Antonivsky Bridge HIMARS did hit
in a forth attack on that structure,
where again Russia tried to repair it
and Ukraine do destroy supplies and infrastructure,

while twenty five thousand Russians are trapped,
are forced right against the Dnieper River
where to Western strategy Ukraine did adapt
do with its artillery devastating strikes deliver

To stop the Ukrainian counter-attack
Russia brought a huge reinforcement,
while some of their superior officers fall back,
probably without Putin's endorsement,

while on lend lease weapons Ukraine is waiting,
with artillery a hell for Russians are creating.
5
At Bryansk City Russian military bases
were attacked, as well their command and supply,
and ammunition and fuel places,
from provisions Ukraine is bleeding Russia dry.

There was also again an attack at the airfield
in Melitopol that Russia for attacks use,
with accurate strikes, as Russia do with people shield,
over the front HIMARS hit where the Ukraine choose.

Cities are still by Russian missiles hit,
in Karkiv, Mikolaiv and Zaporizhzia with artillery
as it does a terrorist state that civilians target fit

and some Russians want the world to dominate,
while others do this war terribly hate.
6

In Crimea in Mayskoye ammunition explodes
which Russia terms an 'act of sabotage, '
the action to take land back denotes,
while partisans and commandos is use camouflage,

explosions were so great that shells flew everywhere
over and across the roads rolled,
as Russia places military structures without care
and people do the freeing of their country behold,

where at munitions-hubs with their rail lines
run through the Kerch and its bridges on
into Russia that freedom undermines
until all of the Ukraine is totally gone

and in Gvardeskoye in Crimea action is taken,
where normal people in Russia are shaken.

7

At Azovske another ammo depot went up in flames,
in another precision strike at Qalay
rocket devices
were wiped out and Russia smoking for this blames,
where the Ukraine warn of more such surprises.

In the occupied Crimea there is great panic,
at Dzhankoy an electric substation was ablaze,
at Gvardyske at an airfield explosions were titanic,
while Russia talks about accidents that do amaze.

In Lysychansk the local command post was hit
more than a hundred offices were killed,
where this did into Russian 'liberation' fit
that with terrorism against civilians is skilled.

Russian munitions accidentally detonating are rife,
where Ukraine still to regain do strive.

l'Envoi
Simple toy drones are used to drop grenades
on Russian soldiers, some mortar bombs
from above on battle tanks that invades
and far away are the wives and moms,

while in the Ukraine people on both sides wage war
some just to survive and to stay alive
while people die, bleed and some do this ignore
and heartbroken is a child and a wife.