So many links here are useful/interesting. My thanks again to all those who gather and post this stuff. It must take hours of your time!

IAEA: Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant 'out of control.'

Day time use suggests no credible air threat or those smoke trails would be bringing down the wrath of Khan.

Shoot and scoot is inbuilt. The wrath reactions appear pedestrian by comparison.

Here is their other proof, Himars cunningly disguised as an ambulance.




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How did Baldrick get to Ukraine, anyway? :confused:

I got to the third of three identical and near content-less pages and gave up.

I think you might find this informative

Metallica….

Maybe the Russians are beginning to get the message that they are not wanted in Ukraine, and whatever love they felt in Russia is/was all they will ever get.

https://kyivindependent.com/national...ve-from-russia

Battle to end the war: Ukraine's chance to get edge over Russia

Scroll the page up and content should appear.

UK to loan Ukraine £3 Bn to fund arms purchases from UK

Treasury backs £3bn export finance package for war-torn Ukraine | Business News | Sky News

If you click on the soldiers' name there are many photos, including funerals and facebook stuff, as well as addresses, phone numbers, email address, etc.

Mine clearing for dummies 101...

I remember a mine clearance presentation that described the petal mine. We were told that they were developed by the Russians for use in Afghanistan and made of brightly coloured plastic and were very light weight.
The design was for them to be thrown from helicopter doors over villages.
The kids would see them and play with them with the resulting limb and torso injuries.
We were horrified, more so when they were sown into cuddly toys with delay timers and tilt switches.

There was a quick realisation that the Russians didn't play by the same rule book as we did.

Interesting, ORAC. of course Nagorno Karabakh is where it all kicked off for the Soviet Union in February 1988.

Somewhere in my distant brain I remember 10 mins to arm themselves, so they didn't go bang on landing, we had an inject on one exercise that the HAS entrance was blocked with the things and this Chief appeared with the equivalent of a BR platform sweeper and swept them all up in under 10 :)

SM: "made of brightly coloured plastic and were very light weight."

Yep, remember them from exercises in Germany - they were called 'green frogs'.

That Russian ammo train going up.


You do not want to mess with this pensioner, watch all three films starting at the top. What a man!!!