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dipsydoodle

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Mon Mar 3, 2014, 08:38 PM Mar 2014

Hundreds of rusting tanks abandoned in secret Ukrainian depot.



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.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572149/Stunning-images-huge-abandoned-tank-graveyard-Ukraine-machines-come-retirement-tensions-Russia-continue-escalate.html#ixzz2uwws8Pd8
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Hundreds of rusting tanks abandoned in secret Ukrainian depot. (Original Post) dipsydoodle Mar 2014 OP
Well, those aren't going anywhere soon!!! n/t GP6971 Mar 2014 #1
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