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90 carriages long but yet still needs a second train for support staff.

Must cost a fortune to run.

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Those are actually tickling-sticks with which the brave women of the Ken-Dod-Ung regiment will incapacitate the enemies of the Dear Leader. These require no ammuniation or maintenance and disprove the false claims that North Korea's weaponry is low-tech.

Walking past that building can still cause shivers to run down your back, at least it did to mine. There's still a link to terror attached to it.

I know it's probably crap talk as putin spewing that at the moment he is saying 1000 to 1500 people everyday are signing up to the military on voluntary contracts but even if it's says 50% of what he says that are joining up everyday it just means that the amount Ukraine are saying that they kill everyday nearly amounts to the figures then. Just it means could be the case that the amount Ukraine kill everyday are more or less getting replaced.

Some bang off these mine clearers. Hopefully a lot more are sent.

Yeah I can definitely see them lower quality but then we're the ones before them any better? . But your definitely right about the positions might of been lost and equipment destroyed so that is more harder to replace.

I imagine airial llidar scanning would be great for identifying disturbed soil before anyone has to even start a ground survey.

Definitely not imperialism.

They've always had limit's, since day one, but have been so far pretty powerless to do anything about it. Recruitment / registration offices have been bombed, and crowds have gathered at mobilization pick up points in protests, ( which in some cases turned violent ) but, so far no difference. They are notified, picked up, and that's it. It should be noted though, that the provinces are bearing the brunt of the war, in terms of deaths etc, while Putin is protecting Moscow citizens. If that were to change, and body bags started arriving back to Moscow in numbers, that could all change. Other wise, I wouldn't be holding my breath.

There's potential for the grain row between Ukraine and Poland to escalate in the coming days. The EU opened its borders to Ukrainian grain due to the Russian blockade of sea routes last year. Allegedly a lot of cheap grain flooded the Polish market, with little control on quality. In April Poland unilaterally banned Ukrainian grain to protect its own farmers, thereby breaking EU law. Other east European countries followed suit, forcing the EU to put in place a temporary ban on Ukrainian grain in 5 member states. The ban is due to expire this week, but the Polish PM said today that Poland will keep the ban in place. Ukraine is threatening legal action.

I think most of the Polish anger is aimed at Polish companies that cashed in on the cheap grain, but I expect Russia will try to exploit the situation to drive a wedge between Ukraine and Poland if an EU-level compromise isn't found in the next couple of days.