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I hope they find these people. If not, the Internet loons will come up with all sorts of conspiracy theories. They faked their deaths because they are needed back on the lizard home world. Prince Andrew had them killed because they were about to expose him as a lizard overlord. They never really existed. The media staged the whole thing to justify stricter controls on private submarines. And so on.

Agreed. Nukes need a lot of maintenance to keep them operational. There is no way that Putin is sending viable nukes to another country. Its just another way to stir up fear in the west and thereby undermine support for Ukraine.

Biden said that Putin could use tactical nukes on the battlefield. He didn't say that he would use them on the battlefield against Ukraine in the foreseeable future. If there were to be a full scale war between Russia and the USA its very possible he would. A single USA carrier group could take out Russia's airforce. A single nuke could take out an entire carrier group. It would be stupid to think they wouldn't become a target. Ukraine has nothing like that. What Ukraine has is either very near Russia or near NATO land.

@tonyh29 I thought this would be of interest. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2230551/amp/Montgomerys-note-British-forces-eve-D-Day-charity-shop-book.html The letter in the article looks identical to your copy. I guess they were reproduced at some point. The original letter is still held in the archives.

He almost died to give me the right to have a dark blue passport. God bless you Boris.

Good riddance. 40 new hospitals. £350million a week better of after Brexit. Told then Tory leader that he was nor having an affair days before it was splashed over the papers. Said he could not remember who paid to refurbish his flat days after sending that person a message asking for authorisation to undertake that work. Illegally dissolved Parliament. Definitely followed all COVID guidance followed by photographs of a cheese and wine party with no social distancing. Broke Parliamentary confidentiality by revealing details of the shameful report on his conduct. But he was really funny on Have I Got News For You. He gets my vote.

This is hilarious. Russian supporters are trying to convince the world that Africans are joining the Russian Army.

The front line is about 600 miles and the Ukrainians are attacking in many locations.

It was even worse than that. As trees grow they stuck up radioactive particles. They remain relatively safe unless the wood is burnt. If that happens the smoke is highly radioactive. Wild animals in the area are more radioactive than anywhere else. You wouldn't want to eat a wild deer. Domesticated dogs hang around Chernobyl for food scraps. The workers avoid them because their fur catches radioactive particles. So........... Russian soldiers dug trenches, built fires, cooked game on the fires whilst stroking the nice doggies.

If Russia blows the nuclear power plant its a sure sign that they have given up any hope of holding onto Crimea.

More panic in Russia. Just to the east of Crimea is a long, thin strip of land (Arabat Spit). Its the home of beach resort, spas etc. The Russians are saying the Ukrainian Special Forces have landed and taken control of several hotels. This has caused panic and many people are reported to be fleeing across the bridge. Whether it's true or not - it shows how spooked the Russians are. It also shows how easily Russian reserves are being pulled away from front lines.

Russians are having a meltdown on social media. A fuel depot in Ufa is on fire. At least 10 storage tanks are destroyed. The group that conducted the attack announced it the day BEFORE the attack. Even with advanced notice Russia had nothing available to stop the attack.

Both. The ultimate target will be to hit the coastline and the Russian border. In order to do that certain towns, cities or terrains will have been identified as targets. But the state of the Russian military is a major factor. We could easily see complete routs in some areas. There will be massive setbacks. But there will also be massive opportunities.

Agree. I think we can all agree that the shark's territory had clearly been invaded.

The shark had to attack the Russian. NATO had been provoking it for a decade. It was self defence.

The definition of irony A 23 year old Russia decided to avoid a potential call up by taking “an extended holiday” in Egypt. Yesterday, he was eaten by a shark. The video of the event is brutal and I would not recommend watching it.

You are not old. I have pants older than you.

I presume the German government is taking a balanced approach and also considering: the murder of 300 when Russia shot down an airliner the second invasion of Ukraine by Russia in a decade the chemical attack committed in Salisbury by Russia the Russian invasion of Georgia Etc

I have posted something in the History Thread which I think many of you will enjoy.

BATTLE OF TSUSHIMA 1905. Very funny. Someone told me about this battle and I thought they were joking. But I have looked up everything below and it all appears true. It's 1904 and Russia is at war with Japan. Things aren't going well and Russia decides to send the Baltic Fleet to attack Japan. That's only 18,000 miles away. The fleet forms up near St Petersburg. It's a massive fleet of warships and auxiliary support ships. The crews aren't experienced navigating in a large fleet. The flagship runs aground. A destroyer rams a battleship forcing them both to return to port for repairs. The fleet is approaching Denmark when the lead ship reports being attacked by 8 Japanese Ships. Its actually a fishing boat delivering a message. The gunnery is so bad that the fishing boat doesn't realise its under attack and just sails to the flagship and delivers its message. The fleet is now at Dogger Bank. It spots a massive Japanese Fleet and attacks. Its actually the fishing fleet from Hull. The warships fire for 20 minutes before realising their mistake. As the smoke clears 1 fishing boat has been sunk and 2 fishermen killed. But the unarmed fishing fleet gets a score draw. The Russians shelled 2 of their own ships and killed 2 Russians. The British are furious and the Royal Navy is despatched to sink the Russia Fleet. The French Ambassador manages to stop the attack. The French tell the Russians to stay the hell away from any British Ports or face destruction. This causes a slight problem for the Russians because Gibraltar and the Suez Canal were on their route. They decide to go around Africa instead. They have arranged to be resupply with coal by a German Passenger Liner company. But they now need much more coal for the longer journey. They pile coal on deck. That's still not enough so they store coal in every available space below deck. Several crew members die of Black Lung. Cleanliness reduces to zero. Coal dust gets into guns and other vital machinery. Morale is low. The fleet stops off in Madagascar. The crew bring several exotic pets aboard. This includes a Crocodile who injures several crew members and a venomous snake which bites a senior officer. One ship has an infestation of Cameleons. A battleship is hit by shell fire from another battleship who are conducted a salute during a burial at sea. The Admiral orders gunnery practice. Its abandoned after the gunners successfully sink the ship towing the target. The fleet approaches Japan. They decide upon a sneak attack. All ships extinguish lights except the hospital ship. A Japanese Destroyer spots the hospital ship and investigates. The Russians identify it as a Russia ship and send frantic messages telling it to turn its lights off. The Japanese Destroyer spots the fleet, turns off its lights and exits. The Russia Fleet thinks they are still undetected. They are very wrong. The Japanese Fleet intercepts the Russians. Japan Loses > 117 dead, 3 torpedo boats sunk. Russian Loses> 5000 dead, 6000 taken prisoner, 7 battleships and 14 other ships sunk, 4 battleships and 1 Destroyer captured. In a final insult, a Russian Cruiser grounds itself. The crew flee ashore and destroy the ship to stop it falling into Japanese hands. They ran aground in Russia.

A nice couple of stills from the Russian video showing the Tiger 2 tanks being destroyed.

Last night the Russia MOD proudly posted a video of a Leopard 2 being destroyed by an attack helicopter. It’s been taken down because the very last frame of the video clearly shows that it’s a combined harvester.

There are many references and sources to outdated maps. Here is just one. https://mil.in.ua/en/news/russian-military-received-outdated-maps-of-ukraine-prior-to-invasion/

I am not sure if its possible to post a more ridiculous conclusion. Vastly increasing the size of a river you need to cross is not helpful. Nor is it possible to accidentally destroy a dam. Russia did it. They are desperate. Its a war crime. Its a crime against humanity.

I have no idea if this is true but...... Sources are reporting that the Russian's underestimated the flooding and its actually hit some of their own occupied entrenchments.