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Adam's avatar

Please send Food rations to me as I am pensioner in the UK. Some warm clothing would be much appreciated.

Great work Patrick 👏

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Nicholas's avatar

", ironically, these rations will be eaten by Russian soldiers right here in the Kursk region of Russia."

Don't eat! Maybe the contents have suruptitously been poisoned with fine gauge needle?

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alan's avatar

That is exactly what I thought, discard. Your men's lives are worth much more.

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RedBaron's avatar

Sorry, the Ukrainians were too busy beating feet to sit around and do this. They simply did NOT have time to do this kind of stuff.

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Nicholas's avatar

Best be safe than sorry, sometimes.

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Berta Nelson's avatar

Carefully inspect package.

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John Huston's avatar

This just shows what a bloody basket case Ukraine has been made into. They can't feed themselves, they can't pay their teachers, they can't do anything but beg and steal. (Forget borrowing.....they would use YOUR money to pay it back.)

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t.bouzek@seznam.cz's avatar

I want that Strawberry Milshake. That looks tasty like NATO :-D

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J. Felin's avatar

The MRE stuff is one thing, but the gas mask? That gas mask is ominous ... especially in a civilian area ... begs MANY questions!

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Marcko's avatar

Patrick you're the best war reporter ever.In this war for shore.Pulitzer platinum.You got the cohones man.You got the balls.Watched some vids from ukranian side.It's all shiny bbc type with music like a movie.You're the real deal man.

I'm from Croatia.As a kid I lived under shells while the serbs were bombing my town for year and a half.So watching your video 2 years before when you were under shelling with that lady in house near Avdeevka make me remeber my childhood😃.Uhh when you hear those shells..auff..

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LudwigF's avatar

Beef Stroganoff (properly Stroganov) - authentic 19c Russian recipe!

I’m fussy about my ragú, so wouldn’t be keen to taste the dehydrated Swedish version.

Thanks for your writings - Best wishes to you and your family and I hope you stay safe.

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Sarah Mumford's avatar

I don’t know why so surprising to you, you know NATO countries have been supplying Ukraine. This Sweden rations pack could be left over from Afghanistan tour or NATO Exercises. Same with the gas mask, boxes of, unearthed from the back of some military store and the Storeman thought, ‘Will get rid of them, old stock, appears we care if send!’

Same as Russia will be getting stocks of war issue from BRICS countries eg Pharmacy from India am sure.

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Stanley tinsley's avatar

Go tell that to the pbv302s they donated stanleyford

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Desmond Aubery's avatar

I'm somewhat surprised that you did not find the traditional Swedish 'delicacy' - stink fish:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surstr%C3%B6mming

When opened, the stench would be enough to send surrounding Kokkols running - for air.

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Ernest Judd's avatar

Fermented Mackerel Gonads.

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Stanley tinsley's avatar

Patrick I've asked on YouTube for content of Swedish pbv302s destroyed in Russia Sweden is giving them alot of stuff from the pbv302s to all kinds of stuff they are one of the ukraines biggest backers

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RedBaron's avatar

So Sweden provided Ukraine with MREs. The gas mask being made in 2009 is sort of ancient by age, 16 years old. Nothing really to get excited about. After all, these countries supplied a lot more dangerous war materials than these.

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Alex Santic's avatar

Ukrainians have stuff from NATO countries. Ok. 😐

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Joakim Förars's avatar

Why is that news? Sweden has been sending much more controversial things than food all the time.

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Ernest Judd's avatar

It is evidence that Sweden is a collaborator.

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RedBaron's avatar

If by that you mean, sending materials, most European nations have sent a lot of stuff. Hardly shocking. If they sent tanks and shells, is an MRE and an ancient gas mask shocking? No.

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Stanley tinsley's avatar

Pbv302s

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Lorna Gweneth Cameron's avatar

The writing appears to be entirely in English. If Swedish Mercenaries were using it the writing would be in both Swedish and English and possibly other languages as well.

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alan's avatar

Fantastic work, please do not eat them.

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Sandrica50's avatar

Thank you for all the true reporting. Not all of us support giving Ukraine $. :(

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