Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Invasion Day: 304 Poem by Gert Strydom

'Wherever we are, we will be together today,
and together we will look in the evening sky,
and together we will remember
the morning of February 24.
We will remember how far we have come.
We will remember Azovstal, Irpin,
Bucha, Kremtorsk, Zmelny, Chornobaivka,
Izium, Kherson.
We will make a wish, one for everyone
and we will feel joy. One for everyone,
and we will understand the truth.
One for all of us that no kamikaze drones
can extinguish the Christmas star.
We will see its radiance even underground,
in a bomb shelter. We will fill our hearts
with warmth and light. No 'Kinzhals'
(missiles) can wound them. They will break
against our steel spirit and our struggle will
continue unabated. It is not threatened by planned
or emergency shutdowns and we will never
feel the lack of courage and steadfastness.'
Volodymyr Zelensky - Ukrainian President

A
For those that see the eliminating light
of the very bright supernatural Bethlehem-star,
that still brings to the utter darkness of night
His salvation, His presence is not far.

With the belief in a omnipotent living God
nothing can take away His presence,
even where we are with evil at odd,
the truth, the sincerity of God's essence

will strengthen us as in this world where we dwell,
will against the greatest odds bring the victory,
will turn the tide of the forces that serve hell
where more and more like God we will be,

as He changes lives brings in calamity,
to the greatest unstoppable victory.

B
1
In the Ukrainian counter-offensive running
between Kupiansk and Seviersk, Ukraine,
is from Kupiansk, Lyman, Borova and Seviersk gunning
at bases to in victory against Russia to gain

to Svatova, Kremina, Rubisny, Sevierodonetsk and Lyschance
where from Kupiansk to Bahkmut highways inter-connect,
and on this supply-route Ukraine do attacks enhance,
do with thunder-runs attack at Russia direct:

key-changes are at Kremina taking place
as Ukraine's offensive hits of Lyman north-east,
across the highway where they do Russians face
and split the Russian control at the least,

between Svatove and Kremina, cutting every re-supply,
where part of that highway is severed
and for munitions Russia cannot on its stores rely
where to take back territory Ukraine has endeavoured:

to cut also command and control,
to disrupt the Russians on the whole,

2
where this is from Kremina just to the north-west,
and this is directly on the R66 highway,
while also rear ammunition-depots are addressed,
as well as military bases and where they lay,

while they are to the cities advancing.
On another road Ukraine is near a crossroad,
which are attacks from two directions enhancing
and constant HIGHMARS strikes do resistance corrode,

where right now a two pronged approach
do for possible encirclement go,
as they do against Russian positions encroach,
do with howitzers great damage and decimation bestow,

it seems as if Ukraine is at Kremina making a move
where Russian defensive trenches do difficult proof.

3
The full Russian military and Wagner attack
just south of this at Bahkmut in the Russian offensive,
has turned around into a Ukrainian counter-offensive,
where they are with great Russian losses driving them back,

have city block by city block with decimation cleared,
driving Russians again past the huge rubbish-dump
into plots of farmland into open space that are feared,
where on the flanks they do on the Russians jump,

from a wooded aria forcing them into decimation;
as if stuck on repeat Russian conscripts
repeat over and over again the same animation,
as if stuck in strategy as canon-fodder in a play-script

and all over the open field dead bodies lie
of reservists and Wagner mercenaries that did die.

4
Where north-east of Bahkmut at Solidar
Wagner from Popasna at its rear-headquarters strive,
they are trying still as hard as they can to drive
but against hardened defences are not getting far,

as over open spaces and fields Ukraine do them bar,
Ukrainians do against massive bombardments survive,
are still with great bravery fighting and are alive,
are using tanks, pick-up trucks and the armoured car,

as well as south of Bahkmut at Kremarivka at a sliver,
Russia has incremental somewhat gained,
while mortars and Howitzers do death to them deliver,
no great damage on Ukrainians is sustained:

day and night massively Russian artillery strike,
without precision just wherever the Russians like.

5
Where Patrushev, Prizgozhin, Kadyrov
are working together with FSB, Wagner, Chechen troops
and with the Rosgvardiya-SS of Zolotof,
to take away power from other political groups,

Prizgozhin did from Girkin get helicopter-gun-ships,
did along with Igor Girkin for a unit arrange
for Girkin to command and it fully to equip
but did him on the battle-front exchange,

which made him from the front withdraw
to expose the Russian corruption of them all,
even of Putin, who to now he held in awe
and no one knows what might to him befall

but from a million people Girkin has support,
he does constantly the truth about Russia report.

6
Nikolai Patrushev, with Prigozhin, Kadyrov and Zolotof scheme:
to after Putin make Dmitry Patrushev the president
but just in name as they control and he has esteem,
but it seems that Prigozhin acts to this own precedent:

has his own plan to be the Russian main-man:
sends to the EU parliament a bloody sledgehammer as a sign,
at the front arrives to against Zelensky, to act as he can,
even killing an opposition leader is in his design:

for the explosion in a restaurant he is responsible:
where Dimitry Rogozin he did to a restaurant allured,
where media blamed Ukraine as irresponsible
and not to transport him to Moscow he has assured,

where this comes from a conflict between Prigozhin
and his slandering enemy Dmitry Rogozin.

7
Wagner is fifty thousand soldiers strong
where prisoners make up forty thousand of it
and officers do to the rest of the mercenaries belong,
that does with full force at Bahkmut hit,

probably the most professional officers commanding
in all the Russian military that do Rosgvardiya-SS include,
are those from Wagner, in a Russian way outstanding,
where this war might to Prizgozhin be a interlude,

where Prizgozhin's private army does cost
in dollars per month a hundred million,
and with prisoners dying he is at no lost,
also not with killing each Ukrainian-civilian,

even after killing a prisoner with a hammer he is untouched,
where that bloody weapon was in his hands clutched.
© Gert Strydom