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Ukraine ATACMS strike on Russian airbase in Luhansk

That one wasn't so much a second sun as it was a constant red glow.  It's not normal for explosions to linger like that.  I wonder what exactly they hit.  Clearly, it was flammable.

QuoteUkraine's Armed Forces (AFU) launched a mass long-range missile strike on Monday evening that saturated a Russian military base deep behind the front lines with cluster munitions initiating a blaze, that could be seen and heard dozens of kilometers away, along with hundreds of smaller fires.

The target reportedly consisted of buildings and an adjacent airfield on the territory of the former Ukrainian air force navigation academy in the eastern city Luhansk. The site had been occupied by Moscow's troops who used a headquarters and logistics base following Russia's first invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

QuoteDozens of video and still photographs posted to social media – in violation of Russian law which bans such action – showed flames reaching dozens of meters into the night sky from the vicinity of the airfield around 7 p.m. local time, and also images taken from the ground showed hundreds of square meters of landing strip saturated with fires.

There were no early reports of damage or casualties.

No casualties.  Riiight.  And no damage.  I guess those must be some sort of non-damaging fires.

QuoteBoth the Russian state-controlled official information agency TASS and independent Ukrainian news platforms confirmed the area of the airfield had been hit by dozens of explosions and then consumed by multiple fires. The Ukrainian news agency UNIAN said the strikes set off "a massive blaze."

Dozens of explosions, consumed by multiple fires, yet no damage lol

QuoteLeonid Pasechnik, an official in the pro-Russian Luhansk occupation authority, said Kyiv forces had used UN-banned cluster munitions in the attack.

God, I hate this posturing so much.  For the last time, there was a treaty called Convention on Cluster Munitions that many countries voluntarily signed.  The US was not among them, nor Russia, nor Ukraine.  So Ukraine is 100% free and clear in using them.  And that's a very strange thing for the Russians to complain about since they've been using cluster munitions since day one of the war.  And often on civilian targets, too.  And disgusting double-tap stuff attempting to take out first responders.  So no more whining about cluster shells.  You made your bed, lie in it.

Ukraine hit a military target with a weapon of war - and they're on the defending side of this conflict.  So I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.  If the Kremlin doesn't like it, they can simply return their troops to Russia and all missiles are grounded.  It's that simple.

Sadly, the nuke threats do somewhat work at scaring people, though they are losing credibility quickly as it just becomes something he does every Tuesday like his buddy Kim Jong Un.

Spot the difference:

Good luck!

For several days now I've been trying to put together a 3D "crystal" jigsaw puzzle. It will eventually be a pirate ship, and has 101 pieces.
When I was almost halfway finished with it the damned thing fell completely apart, so that I had to start over from the very beginning!
Having already solved a good bit of it, the second time wasn't quite as hard as the first time, but I got a little further than before, and the bastard fell apart again!
I've tried to find my scotch tape in order to tape it together as I go, but I can't seem to locate it, so I'm going to have to get some more. I think that if I can tape it carefully together I might be able to keep it together so I can complete it.
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