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Director of ‘Doctors Under Fire’, former British Army colonel, expert on CBRN & Bio Security ‘Chemical Warrior’ with @headlinepg Fellow @magdalenealumni

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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
8 months
Long range precision guided missiles are making a huge difference- just ask the Russian Navy - Ukraine needs ATACMS to finish the job
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@HamishDBG
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4 years
Much loved by Russian tourists & all us locals
@BBCWiltshire
BBC Wiltshire
4 years
Today marks exactly 800 years since the first foundation stones were put down at @SalisburyCath
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@HamishDBG
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2 years
About time - those prepared to put down their life for this country should not have to pay to remain here ⁦ @DanJarvisMP ⁩ ⁦ @JohnnyMercerUK ⁩ good on you
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Britain must prepare for war with Russia
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'Putin's preparing to extend this war.' 'We have two years at most to assemble a military that can hold him.' @AliMirajUK hears from a defence commentator, who agrees with the Polish PM that 'we'll all be at war' if Russia prevails in Ukraine & that Europe 'isn't ready' for it.'
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@HamishDBG
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I saw the horror Assad caused with chemical weapons – his Cop28 invitation is a disgrace
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@johnsweeneyroar We need to send all we have spare - not doing anything gathering dust in tank sheds in the UK?
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1 year
British Tanks for #Ukraine - PM acted faster than I thought- well done My letter ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ today #FearNaught
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2 months
Ukraine is running out of ammunition- if we don’t give it to them we will soon have to fight the Russians in Europe
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@HamishDBG
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9 months
Time to suspend Russia from the UN Security Council - likely to finish Putin & his illegal invasion of #Ukraine - share if you agree? Let’s get this in the agenda ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ ⁦ @EmmanuelMacron @Telegraph
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@HamishDBG
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10 months
Excellent news - ⁦ @NATO ⁩ never bigger or stronger - well done Putin now f*uck off out of Ukraine
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10 months
If Ukraine wants to use cluster munitions on its own land to drive the Russians out so be it - a massive clear up of mines and other ordnance will be required once the Russians kicked out - @NATO must give Ukraine every thing required at #vilniusNATOSummit to prevail ASAP
@SkyNews
Sky News
10 months
Former Head of the British Army's Chemical Weapons Unit Hamish De Bretton-Gordon explains how cluster bombs work, adding that there is a "high failure rate" 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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@HamishDBG
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3 years
We should aim to Prevent the next pandemic rather than just React to it - that begins with regulation & policing of 3000+ labs working on pathogens ⁦ @WHO ⁩? My letter in ⁦ @Telegraph
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@HamishDBG
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1 year
#Ukraine flags all the way down #Whitehall Bravo - #SlavaUkraini !!
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10 months
@UN ⁩ & ⁦ @NATO ⁩ must enable Ukraine grain movement- my piece ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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1 year
Corruption in Russia will drive regime collapse- my piece ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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2 months
Putin is bluffing - the West must not be intimidated & put “boots on the ground” in Ukraine if required
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@HamishDBG
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11 months
This is a good move & hopefully will deter Putin from‘creating’ a nuclear ‘accident’ at #ZNPP
@igorsushko
Igor Sushko
11 months
🚨US Senators @LindseyGrahamSC (R) and @SenBlumenthal (D) introduced a bipartisan resolution declaring Russia's use of nuclear weapons or destruction of the occupied Zaporizhia Nuclear Powerplant in Ukraine to be an attack on NATO requiring the invocation of NATO Article 5. ✊
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@HamishDBG
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1 year
Please share as widely as possible across #Ukraine ️ to ensure civilians have the basic knowledge to survive nuclear accidents and deter attack
@thomfound
Thomson Foundation
1 year
Журналісти, які ведуть репортажі з війни, повинні знати, як реагувати у разі ядерного інциденту, як випадкового, так і навмисного. Наш курс Поради з безпеки: ядерний інцидент з @HamishDBG у застосунку Telegram. Доступний англійською та українською мовами:
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1 year
Panic in the #Kremlin to the decision to send British tanks to #Ukraine shows this is the game changer Russia fears most #FearNaught
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1 year
Excellent decision by ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ to send British Tanks to #Ukraine - Germany must follow suit ASAP May view ⁦ @Telegraph
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UK should shoot down Russian missiles aimed at Ukraine my view @LBC shortly
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19 days
West should shoot down Russian missiles as it did Iranian ones to save civilian lives - my view ⁦ @TheSun
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8 months
Russia has been using DU from the beginning of its illegal invasion - we need to give Ukraine everything it needs to prevail ASAP
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2 months
#Ukraine is short of ammunition - the West must provide or we will be fighting #Russia sooner than we think - my view ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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@HamishDBG
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2 years
WHO chief 'believes Covid DID leak from Wuhan lab' after 'accident' - which is why we must revamp the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention which should police & regulate labs like Wuhan without delay via @MailOnline
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1 year
German prevarication over tanks to Ukraine is prolonging the war and warmly received in the Kremlin- my letter ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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@HamishDBG
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3 years
Why can I get not get anybody interested in trying to Prevent the next pandemic?! All ideas gratefully received ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ ⁦ @BBCWorld ⁩ ⁦ @SkyNews ⁩ ⁦ @10DowningStreet #COVID22
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1 year
The West should not hold its breath for a negotiation with Putin - plans to draw the war out as long as possible to break our support - we must not yield despite trauma at home. @HamishDBG
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@HamishDBG
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@bealejonathan Excellent to hear - CR2 has got the Russians really rattled- headline news for a damaged tank and they have lost ‘destroyed’ around 4000! We should get the rest of our CR2 out to Ukraine ASAP
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@HamishDBG
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10 months
@NATO ⁩ and ⁦ @UN ⁩ must stick to #Redlines and prevent #Putin blowing up ZNPP my letter ⁦ @Telegraph
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@HamishDBG
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2 years
How to Survive a Chemical or Biological Attack - this is Free - please disseminate as widely as possible to civilians in #Ukraine & surrounding countries
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Hamish DBG
1 year
This is due to the brilliant work of @Johnsweeneyroar @Paulextv @BylineTV add this war crime to the others committed in the name of #PutinIsaWarCriminal
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1 year
Footage showing alleged Russian use of white phosphorous sent to war crimes investigators
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6 months
At last!! Well done France - In action by the international community in Aug 13 has reverberated ever since - 100 or so chemical attacks - 100s hospital attacks in Syria and no doubt emboldened Putin to invade Ukraine
@EliotHiggins
Eliot Higgins
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French Magistrates Issue Arrest Warrants for the Syrian President and Three Associates for Chemical Weapons Attacks
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1 year
British & German tanks can provide the ‘shock action’ to end the illegal invasion of #Ukraine - no time to waste ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
#Ukraine flag at the heart of Westminster Abbey #Coronation #SlavaUkraine
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2 months
With Putin preparing for war in Europe we must sort Army recruitment now - my “Thunderer” ⁦ @thetimes ⁩ today
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8 months
@Ahmed_Moghazy Both will live to fight another day against this tyranny thank God
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@christogrozev Great work Christo
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1 year
Absolutely bonkers - Russian tanks use DU rounds - there is no way DU rounds could be used as a nuclear weapon - #Putin continues to press the nuclear button but it hasn’t worked thus far and this should be dismissed for the propaganda & dis-information it is.
@SkyNews
Sky News
1 year
Russian President Vladimir Putin comments on the UK supplying depleted uranium ammunition to Kyiv's forces, saying "we will have to react to this". More on the joint statement by Putin and Xi Jinping: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
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Excellent decision by ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ to send British Tanks to #Ukraine - Germany must follow suit ASAP May view ⁦ @Telegraph
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1 year
Is there a better place to do ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ podcast Ukraine the Latest
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Last night’s Iranian drone attack illustrates there is not a moment to waste to reinvest in UK defence - also shows what happens when second tier forces come up against first tier
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
22 days
✍️ 'We need to invest in both scale and quality, or risk being outgunned by our foes' | Writes @HamishDBG Read the full column below ⬇️
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11 months
Excellent to be ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ Towers today for the brilliant podcast Ukraine: the Latest with ⁦ @FrancisDearnley ⁩ & ⁦ @djknowles22 ⁩ (not in shot!)
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Putin using CW in Ukraine as Assad did in Syria & ISIS in Iraq - triumvirate of tyranny
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3 years
Just finished this remarkable book @bellingcat by a remarkable person @EliotHiggins - when they publish a report Security Services around the world makes notes & learn - Bellingcat hold bad actors to account when many Govts fear to tread - bravo
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4 months
We must ensure that #Ukraine prevails in 2024 or face war in Europe with #NATO @Keir_Starmer ⁩ ⁦ @10DowningStreet ⁩ and rebuild our Armed Forces to meet the current threats - my letter ⁦ @Telegraph ⁩ today
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DMZ required around ZNPP ASAP - this is a catastrophe in the making and not beyond Putin to use as an improvised nuclear weapon @UN @iaeaorg
@kiraincongress
Kira Rudik
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russians attacked Dnipro dam. Zaporizhzia NPP on the edge of blackout. The world cannot no longer turn a blind eye to what is happening. It’s a terror and a catastrophe.
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Huge Russian tanks assault fails- very poor drills by barely trained crews I expect but major offensive imminent- we must ensure AFU has the ammunition to keep defeating Russian armour
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3 years
Apologies for my radio silence over last 8 days - the black dog on my back ‘Sudden Cardiac Death Syndrome’ bit me v hard last week -now all good - thanks to brilliant staff ⁦ @SalisburyNHS ⁩ - FEAR NAUGHT #ChemicalWarrior plse support ⁦ @Cardiomyopathy ⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF
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Britain must take a leading role supporting Ukraine - if not a European war is possible and everything else vexing us at the moment will become irrelevant
@theipaper
i newspaper
5 months
Opinion | We are at a seminal moment in the war in Ukraine and the world is too focused on Gaza and not Russia. However dreadful Gaza is, it is not a long-term security threat to the UK, writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon 🔗
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What an unbelievable honour to be inducted as a Fellow today ⁦ @magdalenealumni ⁩ ⁦ @Cambridge_Uni ⁩ via ⁦ @TonbridgeUK ⁩ ⁦ @BritishArmy
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
2 years
Basic chemical survival for amazing civilians in #Ukraine if Russians use CW. Seek higher ground - always be aware of the wind direction (chemicals will blow away down wind) - decontaminate ASAP as best you can - Caution! CW usually preceded & followed by high explosive atk
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1 year
Better than parading nukes #Putin #Slavaukranii
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Very honoured to be involved in this brilliant, important and chilling documentary - the Russians are committing war crimes by trying to burn civilians - I salute you @Johnsweeneyroar @BylineTV for you brilliant coverage of this illegal war
@BylineTV
Byline TV
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War crimes. Torture. Terror. The Kremlin doesn’t want you to know what Russia has done to Ukraine. So @johnsweeneyroar made a film about it, uncovering the truth from the front line. Now it’s finally here. Watch it at
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Russia using choking agents on a huge scale - they learnt from Assad in Syria how effective these illegal weapons can be #ObamaRedline
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1 year
Well this seems to be hitting a nerve! 500 comments already - no journalist awards for me from the Russian Bots?! Vladimir Putin’s Russia is headed for a military dictatorship – and total collapse
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
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The book has arrived copy No1! #ChemicalWarrior publishing 03 Sep ⁦ @headlinepg #Syria #Salisburypoisonings #Peshmerga #Chemical &Biological
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Russia using CS gas against Ukraine frontlines - illegal under the Chemical Weapons Convention- ⁦ @OPCW ⁩ should investigate? My piece ⁦ @Telegraph
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T14 Russian super tank withdrawn from service?!
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The Telegraph
4 months
✍️ 'Moscow has lost thousands of tanks in this war, and its most advanced seems no more capable than the ones up to 50 years old' | Writes Hamish de Bretton-Gordon Read the full comment piece here ⬇️
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5 months
Having lost 350,000 dead emptied the jails and 87% of the invasion force gone - where are the Russian soldiers going to come from if not mobilisation?! Do the Russian people actually buy this?
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
5 months
🔴 UPDATE: Putin rules out second mobilisation – watch live Follow our liveblog here ⬇️
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11 months
Is it a war crime to attack dams? YES!! Add it to Putin’s list ICC via @BBCNews
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1 year
@Telegraph ⁩ pod Ukraine the Latest today at DT HQ ⁦ @djknowles22
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2 months
33 years ago today I was fighting in a challenger 1 tank squadron 14/20th Kings Royal Hussars in GW1 - lessons for Ukraine- we had ammunition and air power- this is what we must provide to Ukraine or have to get NATO “boots on the ground”?!
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
2 months
Example 2: 🇺🇦New episode of Ukraine: The Latest @djknowles22 is joined by @FrancisDearnley , @Barnes_Joe and @HamishDBG to discuss how France ‘won’t rule out’ sending troops to Ukraine and how Russia is threatening war with NATO. 🎧 Listen 👇
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Great honour to speak to a packed house ⁦ @CVHISTORYFEST ⁩ with ⁦ @guywalters ⁩ Sorry we ran out of books more available ⁦ @Waterstones ⁩ & ⁦ @Tesco ⁩ v happy to sign
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@RussianEmbassy @mfa_russia The parody account in full swing! Should write it in Russian at least somebody might agree?! Though this is complete b*llocks in any language
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32 years since #Halabja chemical attack which killed thousands of Kurds - we honour their memory @karwanTahir @BayanRahman Chemical & Biological weapon attacks ae even more psychologically damaging than physical - we must condemn these weapons to history #UN
@AJEnglish
Al Jazeera English
8 years
Remembering Halabja chemical attack which killed over 5,000 in Northen Iraq - @HamishDBG
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Hamish DBG
1 year
We must give #Ukraine everything they need to end the illegal invasion of their country
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
1 year
🗣️ Long-term, jets will be vital to produce the unrelenting momentum that will kick Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory
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Hamish DBG
4 years
#Novichok my letter in the Telegraph today- new #ChemicalWeapons programme? See my memoir #ChemicalWarrior
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
3 years
Publication day today! Jolly chuffed to still be here! ⁦ @Cardiomyopathy ⁩ ⁦ @TheBHF ⁩ available AGB & ⁦ @Tesco
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
8 months
My comments on US ATACMS delivery on @BBCNews around 1200 today
@Telegraph
The Telegraph
8 months
✒️ 'The Nato nations have it within their power to crush the Kremlin despot. We must simply supply Zelensky with the weapons he needs' | Writes @HamishDBG More:
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Over 600 civilians killed in Ukraine by Russian drones & missiles but we can’t shoot them down but we did shoot down Iranian drones and missiles aimed at civilians?!
@DefenceHQ
Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧
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Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 29 April 2024. Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
2 months
I’m afraid I don’t agree - pressed men & women don’t make good soldiers- there are plenty who want join the ranks but the recruitment process is so long it puts most off - but get them in as volunteers and see how they go IMHO & then consider this proposal
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@HamishDBG
Hamish DBG
11 months
The stealth strategy giving Ukraine the edge in counter-offensive - this is a real force multiplier - difficult to ‘visualise’ if you haven’t done it
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6 months
On Cambrai day as well - CR2 in the van of the battle - #FearNaught @DefenceU #SlavaUkraini
@DefenceU
Defense of Ukraine
6 months
A spectacular combination of 🇬🇧 technology and 🇺🇦 talent. British Challenger II tank in service with 82nd Air Assault Brigade. 📹: @AFUStratCom
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