by Alex Steelsmith

“Several hundred Russian soldiers were forced to hastily withdraw from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
in Ukraine after suffering ‘acute radiation sickness’… [T]he Russian soldiers had panicked and fled.”
—The Daily Beast

“U.S.-backed Radio Free Europe sees audience surge… After Russian troops began their assault…
[Radio Free Europe’s] audience boomed in Russia.”
—The Spokesman-Review

Panicky manicky
Vladimir’s infantry,
radioactively
compromised, freaks;

news of the incident
drifts into Russia in
radio-actively
broadcasted leaks.