Tag Archives: War

on Ukraine

innocents murdered
becomes standard war practise
death of innocence

~

n.b. Has the war now reached Moscow, from whence it came?

CLP 31/05/2023

on Ukraine

this is the future
unmanned aerial vehicles
war without soldiers

~

n.b. Eventually, no human risk to intervention, weapons fight weapons, just civilian casualties.

Who will prevail? The belligerent with most money. Something not previously the case, as the wealthy nations don’t like to see too many of their poorer sons sacrificed. See Vietnam, Afghanistan, Suez, Iraq, Sudan.

CLP 30/05/2023

on Ukraine

'Bakhmut is Gone' now
its name remains on a map
shells have left mere shells

~

n.b. Today the New York Times shows film taken from a drone of the broken city. Three people huddled by a wall, checking whether it is safe to creep around the corner of a block, on their journey to god knows where, through the rubble.

An explosion splays dirt and debris in the air, as another another artillery round lands. Vandalism on a municipal scale.

So, this is what Moscow argues is the price Ukrainian people must pay to be ‘freed’ from self-rule and government by their own elected representatives. This is liberation?

CLP 23/05/2023

on Ukraine

how could I complain
of broken sleep caused by wine?
you wake to sirens

~

n.b. Day 429. Cruise missiles launched at Ukraine’s cities before first light. Moscow’s unending terrorist attack on Ukraine persists.

CLP 28/04/2023

Naming

Let us not pretend
Names are unimportant

Words are deployed like
Booby-trapped IEDs

If you trip the wire
It cannot be defused
Nor put back
In the ground

Shrapnel
Piercing hearts
Fragmenting arguments
Through misnomers

Call this war
Of words and minds
While children lie
Broken
Under collapsed
Apartment blocks

~

n.b. Day 427 (I think).

CLP 26/04/2023

on Ukraine

twenty-five years for
Vladimir Kara-Murza
for calling out war

~

n.b. Mr Kara-Murza stayed in Russia to inform Russians about the invasion of Ukraine under the orders of Moscow. Sentenced to twenty-five years for being critical of Russia’s leadership, an exemplary sentence has been imposed.

As a holder of Russian and British citizenships, it is thought he may be used as a hostage to extract some concessions from London, or to negotiate release of Russians, or pro-Russian individuals captured for espionage in the west.

Meanwhile, day 419 of the war is passing and Ukrainians fighting for independence from Russia are still being slaughtered.

~

CLP 18/04/2023

on Ukraine

corporate killers
recruiting mercenaries
business as usual

~

n.b. The Wagner Group is the ultimate in government outsourcing operations. How can the war end when so many make money from conflict?

The EU has just reiterated sanctions on Wagner Group associates. Meanwhile shares in weapons manufacturers soar. See BAe shares for the past three years , for example. See how the value of shares has rocketed since the war in Ukraine began.

Wars do not happen in isolation.

CLP 14/04/2023

on Ukraine

oh by the way, food
Black Sea Grain Initiative
the world needs feeding

~

n.b. Would you mind passing the bread basket, while you’re at each other’s throats?

The blithe expectation that wheat grain from Ukraine will not only be sown, grown, harvested, but shipped out, despite the nation being invaded by Moscow and the mercenaries, strikes me as odd.

According to the New York Times, the two warring nations are not fully in agreement on the protocol for letting the staff of life get through the Black Sea.

Perhaps, now, we’ll focus on stopping the killing?

CLP 12/04/2023

on Ukraine

how low will he go?
the pied piper of Moscow
steals children from streets

~

n.b. ‘Re-education’ and ‘adoption’ awaits the children of Ukraine transported by the man behind the terror campaign against Ukraine’s people.

CLP 19/03/2023

on Ukraine

rockets hit Lviv
"It's been a difficult night'
we complain of snow

~

n.b. Compassion fatigue, anyone? The war is unrelenting in its cruelty.

CLP 09/03/2023