Friday, June 20, 2014

Russia sends a substantial invasion force into Ukraine

(This is only ONE part of a lot more Russian unit movements. Read about those here.)

This video shows a column of vehicles driving through Lugansk wearing Crimean/Russian/regional flags:



It is at this location:


In Google maps:



Yandex gives this streetview at that location:


On a larger scale:


Red = spotted location
Blue = approximate Ukrainian advance 
Yellow = route the Russian column may take/have been taken

They may either go North to halt the attack of the Ukrainian army there, or they may travel more to the West towards Slovyansk, because the Ukrainian army is about to cut off the supply line there.

These substantial reinforcements consist of 19 vehicles.

Here are the two vehicles with flags:




In total there are 17 vehicles:

1 tank
1 truck towing a gun
2 trucks
1 small trucks
1 BTR
3 trucks
1 small truck
1 BTRs with almost white flag
1 truck
1 BTRs
1 truck
1 BTRs with Crimean? flag 2 trucks


Some more screenshots:








Earlier this video has been recorded:



Location can be found here: in Google maps:



It seems to be the same column, but it has more vehicles, 25 in total:

3 tanks
1 BTR
1 truck  
2 jeeps ?
4 trucks
BTR
5 trucks
BTR white/rus flag
truck
BTR
truck
BTR
BTR crimean flag
2x truck

It makes their projected movement look like this:



Here is another video showing the column has 4 tanks:



4 tanks
1 BTR
1 jeep
1 truck
1 truck towing gun
1 truck with man on top
1 truck
1 BTR with flag blue white red
3 truck
1 small truck
1 BTR with white flag
1 BTR
1 truck
1 BTR with flag
2 trucks

The geolocation is here:




Another video at a crosspoint in Lugansk:



Geolocation:



3 tanks
1 BTR
 2 white buses
 2 4WD
1 jeep
1 tank
1 truck towing a gun
2 trucks
1 small truck
1 BTR
3 trucks
1 small truck
1 BTR white flag
1 truck
1 BTR
1 truck
1 BTR red flag
2 trucks

Total of 19 vehicles

That's a total of 42 vehicles. It means this column must have split. 6 tanks, 7 rocket launchers and 9 trucks must have gone somewhere else. The most logical thing would be that they are going to attack to the North of Lugansk.

Some vehicles have been spotted in Horlivka:



2 tanks
2 BTRs
4 trucks

It means there is a good chance the column has split (again).

This is the geolocation:



They have also been spotted in Krasnodar at 5 am in the morning:



1 Truck
1 BTR
1 Truck
1 Truck towing a gun
2 Truck
1 small truck
1 BTR white flag
1 open truck
1 BTR
... (edit in movie)
1 BTR
1 truck
1 BTR
1 truck
1 BTR red flag
2 truck

17 vehicles.

 This is the geolocation:



And even one more video from Perevalsk:



1 tank
1 BTR
1 truck
1 truck towing a gun
1 truck with a man on top
1 small truck
1 BTR with blue-yellow-red flag
3 trucks
1 small truck
1 BTR with blue-white-red flag
1 BTR
1 truck
1 BTR with orange-black flag
3 trucks
1 BTR towing a truck
1 truck towing a gun

21 vehicles total (1 tank, 6 BTR, 2 trucks towing a gun, 8 trucks, 2 small trucks)

Since in other videos we have seen 4 tanks and two jeeps, this video probably has missed the first three. It means there are at least 26 vehicles involved so far.


Now the known travel path looks like this:



UPDATE

Even another video is available from Krasnodon:


Geolocation on Google maps:



This is a little bit further than the other video in Krasnodon.

Based on all the sightings I have made a table with all the vehicles included:


Red dots = last time recorded on video

Basically ALL the vehicles can be seen from Krasnodon to Perevalsk. In Lugansk a truck towing a gun broke down and got assistance from an BTR. That's why they are not on the 2nd and 3rd Lugansk videos. But they appear again at the rear of the convoy in Perevalsk. 

In total 26 different army vehicles have been spotted (4 tanks, 6 BTRs, 2 jeeps, 2 Trucks with a gun, 10 large trucks, 2 small trucks). Also 4 civilian cars where involved.

After Perevalsk the convoy split in two. One going to Kramatorsk another to Torez.

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