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Daemonaquila

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37. Per LOCAL reports, it was the Ukrainians taking out lots of Russian missiles.

Reply to lovuian (Original post)

Mon Feb 9, 2015, 10:14 AM

Feb 2015

Apparently the Russians had 20+ GRAD missiles, launchers, and a bunch of other ammo coming in, all grouped rather tightly. The Ukrainians sent it home, air mail. The explosion was no joke, and could be felt 10s of kilometers away.

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Mushroom cloud Explosion at Donestk [View all] lovuian Feb 2015 OP

when? leveymg Feb 2015 #1

From another source lovuian Feb 2015 #3

post this to L b n if possible please leveymg Feb 2015 #6

Could someone else post it lovuian Feb 2015 #11

Is this breaking news? applegrove Feb 2015 #2

I haven't seen our news agency report it lovuian Feb 2015 #5

Another angle Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #4

Yes more videos out there lovuian Feb 2015 #7

That can't be happening now. I can't believe it. applegrove Feb 2015 #8

Artillery hit vacant industrial chemical facility....what chemicals? Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #9

Glad it was vacant. Hope nobody was hurt. The poor environment. applegrove Feb 2015 #20

looks nuclear. g-d forbid leveymg Feb 2015 #10

it looked like it to me too lovuian Feb 2015 #12

US would know if it was nuclear... jimlup Feb 2015 #16

More than that, they might keep it secret -- eom. rogerashton Feb 2015 #32

More than that swilton Feb 2015 #39

That's pushing the conspiracy theory further than I would, rogerashton Feb 2015 #40

It depends upon what happened swilton Feb 2015 #44

I think a nuclear explosion would have been brighter and wouldn't have faded so fast WhoIsNumberNone Feb 2015 #42

I found this lovuian Feb 2015 #13

Why are two different people randomly filming the EXACT area? Moostache Feb 2015 #14

The area was being bombed. Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #15

Whoah lovuian Feb 2015 #17

single large explosion - no visible secondaries leveymg Feb 2015 #18

Not an ammo dump. A very big tank of something highly flammable. My bet would be gasoline. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #29

Not *this* kind of mushroom cloud: freshwest Feb 2015 #19

No confirmation, but several sources toddwv Feb 2015 #21

"humanitarian convoy" Russian convoy? or Rebel convoy lovuian Feb 2015 #22

Apparently some Ukrainian field commanders are saying they hit a rebel convoy. toddwv Feb 2015 #23

Ukrainian field commander humor. leveymg Feb 2015 #24

wow it broke his window Voice for Peace Feb 2015 #25

Also seen by NATO satellites from space Jacoby365 Feb 2015 #26

Thanks Jacoby for that photo lovuian Feb 2015 #28

Where did you find this? leveymg Feb 2015 #33

Perhaps the source is dubious Jacoby365 Feb 2015 #36

I saw 4 explosions like this in Vietnam in the spring of '68. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #27

I saw something like it in Shock and Awe of Baghdad lovuian Feb 2015 #30

Interesting and probably it. Warpy Feb 2015 #31

There was a huge explosion much like this after a Ukrainian ballistic missile attack late last year leveymg Feb 2015 #34

That's why I mentioned fuel-air bomb Warpy Feb 2015 #41

Explosion at chemical plant in eastern Ukraine sparks fire Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #35

Per LOCAL reports, it was the Ukrainians taking out lots of Russian missiles. Daemonaquila Feb 2015 #37

LULZ... Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #38

bump...nt Jesus Malverde Feb 2015 #43

Finally confirmation from a news ageny lovuian Feb 2015 #45