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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:35 pm


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Re: Russia Invades

Post by DCWat » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:36 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:06 pm
Me and the youngest were watching the news and we heard what we thought was a Chinook coming in low down the valley (they do that a lot) and it turned out to be the washing machine on spin
What were you washing, pebbles!?
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:37 pm

DCWat wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:36 pm
What were you washing, pebbles!?
Hahaha!

Mrs LC persists in over loading the bloody thing, plus its on a wooden floor
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:43 pm

this is interesting if true, we all know Anonymous don't usually **** about
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:44 pm

AP reporting that Turkey are closing the Bosphorus to Russian ships after all

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:56 pm

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:03 pm

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:05 pm


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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:24 pm

here come the big boys.......B52's
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by gandhisflipflop » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:30 pm

Both US and RAF airforce are in Romania.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Lancasterclaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:32 pm

Verified and constantly updated losses on both sides

T-64s on the Ukraine side - man, they were out of date when I was a kid


https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/a ... pment.html

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by android » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:33 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:05 pm
incredible thread
https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/stat ... 6548013062
Incredible indeed - she is not known as codswallop for nothing. I thought about posting it myself this morning for a bit of light relief from this dire situation. There are plenty who still lap it up - 67k likes and counting.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by ClaretInLeeds » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:34 pm

RAF Typhoons in Romania too….

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by ClaretInLeeds » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:35 pm

Apologies. Hadn’t seen gandhisflipflop’s post

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by NewClaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:35 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:24 pm
here come the big boys.......B52's
Two, one flying 3000 feet over the other, over Cornwall. What a sight that would be.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:36 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:35 pm
Two, one flying 3000 feet over the other, over Cornwall. What a sight that would be.
just been speaking to a mate in the UK, it's 2 of 4 that have been based at RAF Fairford since the middle of Feb

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:42 pm

https://twitter.com/OSICnick/status/149 ... F3N5A&s=19

I really hope this actually happened...

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by NewClaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:44 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:42 pm
https://twitter.com/OSICnick/status/149 ... F3N5A&s=19

I really hope this actually happened...
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Can’t be real

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:46 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:44 pm
:lol: :lol: :lol:

Can’t be real
Lots of stories circulating about russian soldier's abandoning their vehicles due to lack of fuel

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by NewClaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:48 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:46 pm
Lots of stories circulating about russian soldier's abandoning their vehicles due to lack of fuel
Unbelievable

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:49 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:48 pm
Unbelievable
https://twitter.com/andersostlund/statu ... pGYRQ&s=19

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by cbx750 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:49 pm

NewClaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:35 pm
Two, one flying 3000 feet over the other, over Cornwall. What a sight that would be.
Going to Cornwall about 20 years ago we stopped at an M5 services South of Bristol, everyone was looking at the sky. There was a B2 Spirit at about 3000 feet, it was escorted by 4 F15's they were going to Fairford airshow.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Quickenthetempo » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:51 pm

Loving the idea that people are googling Russian restaurants and leaving reviews.
Only telling the Russian people what is actually happening in Ukraine.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by bfcjg » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:52 pm

I think after this fiasco the Russian military won't be feared like they used to be. I think if the west attacked now ( if the missile attacks on civilians increased to genocide levels) they would wipe out every single piece of military hardware the Russians had in Ukraine. I really hope it doesn't come to that.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by elwaclaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:54 pm

GodIsADeeJay81 wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:42 pm
https://twitter.com/OSICnick/status/149 ... F3N5A&s=19

I really hope this actually happened...
Happening all over Ukraine. Rumoured that fuel train was desperately needed… tanks running dry and being abandoned, picked up and driven back to the nearest petrol stations (I joke)… at this rate they just be able to drive to Moscow in a week or two if they can hold on.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:05 pm

Lancasterclaret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 6:37 pm
Looks like both Poland and Bulgaria have declined to give their jets to the Ukrainians

Still waiting for something concrete, but pretty sure Bulgaria won't
not seen anything yet to suggest that but just seen this
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Re: Russia Invades

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by jos » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:14 pm

I really don’t think posting positions and information about allied transport is a good idea.

Careless talk and all that.
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Post by tiger76 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:25 pm

Exactly they had no choice but to suspend Russia, and I do note it's only a suspension, surely they can't allow Russia to compete in the upcoming WC can they, even if the situation in Ukraine is resolved soon.

What this does demonstrate is the power the sponsors can have, as soon as they started pulling out FIFA soon changed their initial stance.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Cirrus_Minor » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:25 pm

‘Compare the market’ have pulled the meerkat adverts. That’ll show Putin.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by cbx750 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:32 pm

jos wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:14 pm
I really don’t think posting positions and information about allied transport is a good idea.

Careless talk and all that.
They probably want the Russians to know they are there or they would turn their transponders off.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by JarrowClaret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:33 pm

Nothing secretive about where allied forces/ aircraft are and there numbers and the Russians would have more accurate info than what we put on here.

It seem the cluster of the last 5 days has gone looks as if the Russians have had a reset using more of there tactical aircraft and more deliberate tactics. Let’s see what happens from here in!

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:33 pm

cbx750 wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:32 pm
They probably want the Russians to know they are there or they would turn their transponders off.
exactly this, they are a visable deterrent, it's the stealth stuff Russia needs to worry about

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Joe14 » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:37 pm

jos wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:14 pm
I really don’t think posting positions and information about allied transport is a good idea.

Careless talk and all that.

Clearly visible on flight radar apps. They don’t need to hide

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Elbarad » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:40 pm

Not 100% to plan, but looks like it might have worked. Hope she got it out before she got too burned. She needed to add more Styrofoam to the mix so it didn't come out the top maybe.

https://funker530.com/video/woman-sets- ... n-vehicle/

Edit: I guess that's the new version of a hot date in the Ukraine. :lol:

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by xxmunkyennuixx » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:44 pm

Quickenthetempo wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:51 pm
Loving the idea that people are googling Russian restaurants and leaving reviews.
Only telling the Russian people what is actually happening in Ukraine.
Done this earlier. My son seemed to think all the food was amazing looking.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by ChrisG » Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:59 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 8:24 pm
here come the big boys.......B52's
I was on ADS-B Exchange last Friday, there were 2 flying out from the UK, Lakenheath or Fairford I think. One flew up towards Stockholm and disappeared, the other flew over Poland near the Belarus border then circled for a couple of hours

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:01 pm

ChrisG wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:59 pm
I was on ADS-B Exchange last Friday, there were 2 flying out from the UK, Lakenheath or Fairford I think. One flew up towards Stockholm and disappeared, the other flew over Poland near the Belarus border then circled for a couple of hours
yep these were 2 of the 4 out of Fairford

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:25 pm

abysmal if correct
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Re: Russia Invades

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by bfcjg » Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:49 pm

Vegas Claret wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 10:25 pm
abysmal if correct
Evil, if the Russians don't turn on Putin after this there is no hope for that country. So called military people burning children and civilians to death in the most brutal manner. He wants doing for war crimes.

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Re: Russia Invades

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:09 pm

just to add, the link I just posted above is bloody incredible

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:11 pm

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Bin Ont Turf » Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:27 pm

Just seen footage of distraught medical staff working on an injured 6 year old girl, but she didn't make it.

That's the horrific reality of War.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by tiger76 » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:16 am

Bin Ont Turf wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 11:27 pm
Just seen footage of distraught medical staff working on an injured 6 year old girl, but she didn't make it.

That's the horrific reality of War.
For christ sake that's tragic, sadly she's not been the 1st child to die in this madness, and I'm afraid to say she probably won't be the last.

What a cruel waste of life for one man's vanity project.

When will humans learn to live in peace and harmony, and stop all this futile killing.

You'd have hoped the lessons of the 2 world wars of the 20th century would have been learnt by now, but apparently not, and seemingly yet another generation will grow up in the shadow of war.
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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Cubanforever » Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:36 am

Going off all the information on the size of the Russian force and weaponry on hand that they look to have near Kyiv things are going to get very nasty.........hate to think what they are going to do to the population there

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Coshack » Tue Mar 01, 2022 4:01 am

jos wrote:
Mon Feb 28, 2022 9:14 pm
I really don’t think posting positions and information about allied transport is a good idea.

Careless talk and all that.
Yes you're right. Its the 21st century and Russians would know that the first place to look about top secret info about their enemies is The Bee Hole End. We've played right into their hands.

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Vegas Claret » Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:00 am

Cubanforever wrote:
Tue Mar 01, 2022 12:36 am
Going off all the information on the size of the Russian force and weaponry on hand that they look to have near Kyiv things are going to get very nasty.........hate to think what they are going to do to the population there
it's a huge worry indeed

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Re: Russia Invades

Post by Taffy on the wing » Tue Mar 01, 2022 5:29 am

Lots of armchair Generals on here..........just sayin'.

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