Pretty Big!

[ThePilgrim]

This is in Donetsk Ukraine tonight.  I hope it is not what it looks like.  This happened aboutt 4 hours ago and I see nothing on the U.S news about it.

Four different anglers of explosion:

 

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[Rosie]

God have mercy

[ThePilgrim]

Got up at 4:00 this morning and managed to find out more about the explosion.  Thank God it was not a nuke.  The Ukies managed to hit a chemical plant with their Tochka U missiles. Not a nuke.  The reason I was worried is the Ukranian's do have artillery capable of firing tactical nuclear shells that they inherited from the Soviet Union days.  Pray God does not let us send them more weaponry.  The government in Kiev is indeed in the process of fighting a no holds barred, total war.  They are desperate and so is the U.S. so granny bar the door.

 

Aftermath:

[Rebecca]

Fortunately it wasn't a nuke, but still, that's a huge explosion! 

[heartstrings]

I counted 36 seconds from the first hint of flash to the sound of the explosion which would mean it was about 7.5 miles from the camera. Before that, you can hear several much smaller explosions, possibly from the missiles being launched.. Glad it wasn't a nuke and hope no one was hurt.

[Jim_Alaska]

Maybe something like this? Russian army 'tests the father of all bombs'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562936/Russian-army-tests-the-father-of-all-bombs.html
 

[ThePilgrim]

Maybe something like this? Russian army 'tests the father of all bombs'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1562936/Russian-army-tests-the-father-of-all-bombs.html
 

 

Nope.  One of Kiev's top nazi's takes credit for it.

https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/donetsk-chemical-plant-hit-by-biggest-blast-in-the-war-380032.html

[Jim_Alaska]

Nope.  One of Kiev's top nazi's takes credit for it.

https://www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv-post-plus/donetsk-chemical-plant-hit-by-biggest-blast-in-the-war-380032.html

 

Notice that I said "something like this." To think that Russia is the only country that has developed something of this magnitude is not realistic.

[ThePilgrim]

Today's briefing by the commander of Donestk's forces which contains a little info on the explosion last night.

DPR dept corps commander Eduard Basurin's morning briefing:

 

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=707_1423512445

[Invicta]

Got up at 4:00 this morning and managed to find out more about the explosion.  Thank God it was not a nuke.  The Ukies managed to hit a chemical plant with their Tochka U missiles. Not a nuke.  The reason I was worried is the Ukranian's do have artillery capable of firing tactical nuclear shells that they inherited from the Soviet Union days.  Pray God does not let us send them more weaponry.  The government in Kiev is indeed in the process of fighting a no holds barred, total war.  They are desperate and so is the U.S. so granny bar the door.

 

Aftermath:

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[ThePilgrim]

I understood that Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons after the cold war on a treaty that guaranteed their territory. (with Russia and the US I think).  

Yes, that is what I have always understood.  But these days I would not put it past a good friend of the Nazi's in Kiev to supply one.  I am so glad it was not the case . . . . because if it had been the case it prOBably would have been just the first of many huge explosions on both sides of the Atlantic.