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Borg Warner · 4th March 2022, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Twisterboy

My wife is finding this quite hard to watch, she has friends who have fled from Ukraine to family in France, my wife spent a week in Kyiv back in 2005 to visit said friends for a wedding.

She's not the only one. My wife too is finding this difficult, we have no family involved however. I make sure the news is off when she pops into the whatever room it's on.

Hope they are now safe.

Twisterboy · 4th March 2022, 09:49

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Originally Posted by Borg Warner

She's not the only one. My wife too is finding this difficult, we have no family involved however. I make sure the news is off when she pops into the whatever room it's on.

Hope they are now safe.

I believe so, I think its the fact they had young children was one of the reasons they left, I believe the mum and dad of one of the couple have stayed behind.

Agree with turning off the news, we've had to stop our 7 year old watching the 6pm news, but I believe his school is showing the news in a child friendly format of Newsround.

SCP440 · 4th March 2022, 15:59

Some friends of ours have a young family, they were telling us that the older boy was crying late one night in his bedroom and went to ask what the problem was? Apparently he was worried the Russians were going to bomb us and he would not be able to go to School

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We are lucky that we understand but there are a lot of adults worrying what the long term repurcussions are going to be. I was told today that we apparently buy a lot of raw materials for the manufacture of cleaning products from the Ukraine and Russia, stock up on the Fairy and Bleach as that could be the next one in short supply.

torque2me · 4th March 2022, 16:37

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Originally Posted by stevestrat

Wasn't actually banned by the UK, banned by the EU and that cut the feed to the UK.

O.K., thanks for that tid-bit. I just presumed Ofcom had decided after their investigation(s). Aljazerra is good also.

Kev.

torque2me · 4th March 2022, 16:40

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Originally Posted by SCP440

I was told today that we apparently buy a lot of raw materials for the manufacture of cleaning products from the Ukraine and Russia, stock up on the Fairy and Bleach as that could be the next one in short supply.

Is "elbow grease" on the list Steve

Kev

MarkS · 4th March 2022, 20:57

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Originally Posted by Borg Warner

So while all this is going on I'm reminded of some excellent Cold War films:

The Bedford Incident. Widmark and Poitier.

Fail Safe. Fonda and Mattau.

Ice Station Zebra. Hudson and McGoohan.

Strategic Air Command. Stuart and Allyson.

Will try and catch them before it all becomes real.

The book, Red Storm Rising, by Tom Clancy is extremely relevant !

Borg Warner · 4th March 2022, 22:47

The build up continues:

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mass...nforce-europe/

Gate Keeper · 6th March 2022, 12:42

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Originally Posted by Borg Warner

The build up continues:

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mass...nforce-europe/

Thank you Gary, it’s encouraging to see the uk forces building up.

https://apple.news/Akidk_EWGTEaebpaud9mOsg Another story about the F-35 fighter aircraft, will be manned by the RAF and the Royal Navy.

Borg Warner · 6th March 2022, 16:11

Just had a C130 pass low over us. Tracked him on Freedar and he'd started off in Estonia and just landed at Lakenheath.

Not something one sees on a regular basis.

Borg Warner · 6th March 2022, 16:42

One from Lithuania now.

4th March 2022, 15:59	#123
SCP440 I really should get out more....... MG ZT-T 260 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Witney Posts: 2,504 Thanks: 6 Thanked 910 Times in 571 Posts	Some friends of ours have a young family, they were telling us that the older boy was crying late one night in his bedroom and went to ask what the problem was? Apparently he was worried the Russians were going to bomb us and he would not be able to go to School . We are lucky that we understand but there are a lot of adults worrying what the long term repurcussions are going to be. I was told today that we apparently buy a lot of raw materials for the manufacture of cleaning products from the Ukraine and Russia, stock up on the Fairy and Bleach as that could be the next one in short supply.

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Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,579 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	The build up continues: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mass...nforce-europe/

6th March 2022, 16:11	#129
Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,579 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	Just had a C130 pass low over us. Tracked him on Freedar and he'd started off in Estonia and just landed at Lakenheath. Not something one sees on a regular basis.

6th March 2022, 16:42	#130
Borg Warner I really should get out more....... None Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2,579 Thanks: 494 Thanked 657 Times in 402 Posts	One from Lithuania now.