Russia accelerates its movement. Recent satellite images show that the previous base is now empty. The equipment was apparently moved closer to Ukraine.
The previous base was located in Yelnya about 160 miles from Ukraine. Senior director at satellite imagery company Maxar, Stephen Wood commented that it has moved. “It looks to me like a considerable amount of the vehicles [tanks, self-propelled artillery, and other support vehicles] have departed from the northeastern vehicle park. Additional armored vehicles departed from the more central vehicle park.”
Social media posts shot in the previous days show that equipment was carried towards the Bryansk region. This is much closer to Ukraine. Russian journalist Rusland Leviev of the Conflict Investigation Team (CIT) reported the movement. “We also saw videos of several trains that were posted by social media users from the Bryansk region. On the carriages we could read 8-digit identification codes, which, when checked against openly accessible databases, trace the train’s origins to Yelnya.”
“This is important because those vehicles previously were several hundred kilometers away from the border, and now [they] are stopping in mere dozens [of kilometers away].”
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan told ABC News: “We believe that there is a very distinct possibility that Vladimir Putin will order an attack on Ukraine. It could take a number of different forms. It could happen as soon as tomorrow or it could take some weeks yet.”
Russia has denied any plans of invasion. They have not commented on the troop movements but are in open discussions with NATO and the US.