[Quick disclaimer about a technicality: I had started writing, setting the store in a foreign country before I realized at the end of the clip there is a large sign in English. Forgive me & try’n work with it.
Couple words in parentheses: these are optional for the reader based on syllable/flow preference.]
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In a medium-sized town in Eastern Ukraine
a large shopping center was damaged and looted
A result of the war of aggression started by (Russia’s) Vladimir Putin
Since spring the town has seen its share of bombings & shootings
In a war of attrition it’s hard to tell which side is winning or losing
Low on supplies due to the war,
Russian troops w/ their muddy boots decided to ransack the store!
They filled up their tanks & trucks - then (they) ran back for more
Unabashed theft: food, medical supplies, batteries & such
At least what was left; and that wasn’t much
It was for their survival; this kind of deplorable conduct
which filled the floor with rubble & deprived the aisles of product
The store’d been closed a few days before the looting troops
due to a missile - which left a gaping hole in the roof!
Putin’s war resulted in a looted super-store
Putin’s war resulted in a looted super-store
Every night civilians hear the sounds of sirens & whistles
warning the town of incoming rockets & missiles…
Any target is possible, including high-rise apartments & hospitals
(&)For all the broken windows there are countless hopeless widows:
refugees who cry at night on foreign pillows, praying their loved ones weren’t killed slow
Putin had honestly planned
to invade sovereign land since 2014
when he had the idea to annex Crimea
Then it was the Donbas region
State propaganda: dissent is treason!
False flags/special operations:
“de-Nazification”of the population of the former Soviet nation
Naval blockades preventing the export of grain
Targeting water & power supplies to inflict maximum pain
A very gory territory… w/ reports of mass graves
The sanctions aren’t quite enough
But w/ the help of Western weapons Ukraine is fighting tough!
They remember they’re not a NATO member - never had an induction
No U.S. troop involvement due to mutually assured nuclear destruction
Putin’s war resulted in a looted super-store.
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