Monday, September 29, 2025

General Frost, General Winter #frost #winter #cold #Russia #TarasShevchenko #Taras #Shevchenko #muse #poetry #Ukraine #Ukraina #war

No longer an ally, a brother,
The Bear will face destruction,
General Frost, General Winter,
has become their enemy,
the source of their sorrow,
as the lights flicker out…

Not like history, wars of the past,
when Winter was their friend,
Now, in this moment,
the vastness of Russia,
the steppes, the cold of Siberia,
General Frost will bring their doom…

Every queue for gasoline, for diesel,
every train fuel that is destroyed,
every refinery set ablaze, on fire,
missile attacks on thermal power
Setting the stage for sorrow,
for the quickening of death…

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September 29, 2025
General Frost, General Winter
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2025/09/general-frost-general-winter.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE1N5V0sz-0
The title is about the Russian winter  and its role in
the the Winter War, the Great Northern War, the Napoleonic War, and WWII,
and how it may be very different in the Ukraine War,
where Ukraine is using asymmetrical warfare to attack
oil and gas infrastructure rather than advancing.  

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Poetry, Ukraine, Russia, Winter, General Frost, General Winter, power, heat, gasoline, drones,

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