Perhaps They Should Have Held On To Them: Hundreds Of Rusting Tanks Abandoned In Secret Ukrainian Depot Unveiled As Russia's Armoured Vehicles Line Its Streets -- Daily Mail
* There are more than 400 abandoned tanks at the plant in a secret, heavily guarded depot in the town of Kharkiv
* The depot is in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine - just 20 miles from the border with Russia
* Photographer Pavel Itkin, 18, was able to sneak into the heavily monitored site without being spotted by guards
* He spent two hours walking around the barely-used repair centre taking photographs of old tanks and engines
These incredible photographs show a huge tank graveyard in the Ukraine - home to hundreds of the abandoned vehicles which the country may desperately need if tensions with Russia continue to escalate.
Filled with rows upon rows of slowly rusting relics, the once deadly war machines now lie dormant in a secret depot in the city of Kharkiv in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine - just 20 miles from the border with Russia.
Despite it being heavily guarded, photographer Pavel Itkin, 18, was able to sneak into the plant and spent several hours taking photographs.
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My Comment: What a complete waste of money and resources.
6 comments:
Some of them seem operable and there is some evidence of looting.
Looting .... no way James. Before I know it .... you will be telling me that there is a mafia in Russia. :)
If you can make it to the end Father Guido explains what happens to Mafioso when they die.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=EZoEZUCLN60
So .... my next life is a nun .... correction .... two nun lifetimes. :(
"So .... my next life is a nun .... correction .... two nun lifetimes."
Hey, what do you expect on $14.50 a day.
LOL LOL LOL
Actually .... I should not laugh. When I was teenager I had a job that paid about $10 a day. The joys of the old Soviet Union (NOT!)
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