Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 There is another ammunition dump in flames in Belgorod. The official explanation is that the exceptionally warm weather is to blame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 23, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 23, 2022 4 hours ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: There is another ammunition dump in flames in Belgorod. The official explanation is that the exceptionally warm weather is to blame. Explosives that self ignite at 35 degrees (the max it reached today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Guarding the Russian warehouse full of bombs has got to be the worst job on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted August 24, 2022 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted August 24, 2022 8 hours ago, Genie said: Guarding the Russian warehouse full of bombs has got to be the worst job on the planet. Seems pretty easy to me. You get to knock off early most days. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 8 hours ago, Genie said: Guarding the Russian warehouse full of bombs has got to be the worst job on the planet. Or alternatively working on the tarmac at Chornobaivka Crater (formerly known as airfield). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Wonder what Putin thinks of that statement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 23 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Wonder what Putin thinks of that statement Getting lonelier and lonelier for Putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I think Turkey have been playing a fantastic game! They are still one of the major tourist areas for Russians. At the same time as selling/giving very expensive drones to Ukraine which are killing Russians every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 24, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 24, 2022 33 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: I think Turkey have been playing a fantastic game! They are still one of the major tourist areas for Russians. At the same time as selling/giving very expensive drones to Ukraine which are killing Russians every day. It's a balancing act of hitherto unseen proportions They are also buying more Russian oil and gas than they have previously Erdogan really is the master of being everything to everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 16 hours ago, bickster said: Explosives that self ignite at 35 degrees (the max it reached today) Those are the new automatic explosives. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trekka Posted August 24, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 24, 2022 10 hours ago, sidcow said: Seems pretty easy to me. You get to knock off early most days. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 29, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 29, 2022 Reports in the last hour of something happening on the Kherson front There have been messages telling residents to stock up on water, charge their devices (to keep up to date with news) and have Ukrainian flags at the ready (for identity purposes not celebration) There are also messages on Russian telegram channels reporting heavy tank / Artilery / Airbourne activity against them. Ukrainian sources claiming the first line of Russian defence has been broken (this won't be the most heavily defended) It's also rumoured that an awful lot of officers buggered off a few days ago There's nothing concrete obviously and you wouldn't expect there to be either but it does seem like some sort of large Ukrainian offensive is taking place 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Awol Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 hour ago, bickster said: It's also rumoured that an awful lot of officers buggered off a few days ago The entire Russian command staff for the Kherson front withdrew to Melitopol. Once they had set up again Ukraine destroyed them with HIMARS. Today is the just the first move and there’ll be lots more to follow, but the next phase of the war has now begun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BleedClaretAndBlue Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Ah the counteroffensive. Good luck to the Ukrainian forces, go take it all back 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Nothing would please me more than a total roll-over here, but I guess it'll be harder than that. It's almost a month since Russia's supply capabilities across the Dnepr was hit for the first time, there'll be a lot of hungry, out of ammo soldiers from Godknowsistan ready to surrender. Edited August 29, 2022 by magnkarl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 I was chatting to one of the football dads the other day, he’s Polish but has been living in the UK for over 12 years. He just got back from a 3 week trip home to see family. He was saying that he was surprised that a lot of the Ukrainian people who are living in his old home town (I don’t know which town but he said it was about 100km from the Ukraine border) want to stay in Poland now. They’ve settled in and wouldn’t leave if they got the opportunity. Not really sure where i’m going with this anecdote but just surprised me a little too. He was saying that the standard of living in Poland is much higher than Ukraine before the war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 9 minutes ago, Genie said: He was saying that he was surprised that a lot of the Ukrainian people who are living in his old home town (I don’t know which town but he said it was about 100km from the Ukraine border) want to stay in Poland now. They’ve settled in and wouldn’t leave if they got the opportunity. That's not really a surprise. When people leave a war torn country they setup a new life and get jobs in a new country. Going back to a broken country full of rubble, corruption, internal fighting, political instability, etc. Isn't going to appeal much. Putin has destroyed Ukraine for at least the next 25 years, and probably longer when you consider the population loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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