Dozens and dozens of vehicles aligned with each other on roads are visible, according to the American Satellite Imaging Society Maxar.
Le Monde with AFP
Satellite images taken Monday, February 28 in Ukraine show a huge Russian military convoy that extends over 60 kilometers northwest of the capital Kiev, military objective of first importance for Russia in its offensive in the country .
The convoy “extends from the surroundings of Antonov airport [about 25 km from the center of Kiev] to the south around Prybirsk” North, Monday night the American Satellite Imaging Maxar in An email.
Since the beginning of Ukraine’s invasion by Russia, since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the scene of violent clashes, the army of Vladimir Putin attempting to seize this strategic infrastructure for taking the capital.
In the convoy captured by satellite image, which extends over about 64 kilometers, “some vehicles are sometimes very distant from each other, and on other portions the military equipment are positioned two or three front” , Adds Maxar.
New troop deployments in Belarus
The images of the convoy show dozens and dozens of vehicles aligned with each other on roads in the Ukrainian countryside, sometimes with smoke nearby, traces of firefights according to the company.
The American company also broadcasts images showing new troop deployments – attack helicopters and ground vehicles – in Belarus, less than thirty kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
Since the beginning of the Russian offensive Thursday, the Ukrainian forces have for the moment defended the access of the center of Kiev to the Russian forces whose advance remains “slowed” in the fifth day of the invasion and which is gather around the capital.
According to two sources questioned Monday by the France-Presse agency, a diplomatic and the other safe, Moscow is preparing to introduce impending a new military thrust.
Monday, the main Russian column advancing towards the Ukrainian capital “rose about five kilometers” and is located at “some 25 km” of the city, had estimated a senior official of American defense earlier in the day .