Satellite photos from February 10 and earlier show a massive Russian buildup of military hardware, reportedly including ballistic-missile systems. Some of the buildup is in Belarus, not far from the Ukrainian border.
In Photos: New Images Capture Russia Massing Weaponry Around Ukraine
- By RFE/RL
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In Crimea, a new deployment of troops and equipment is visible at the Oktyabrskoye airfield north of Simferopol on February 10.
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Armored vehicles of a new deployment are visible in Slavne on Crimea's northwest coast on February 9.
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Equipment and new deployments are visible in Novoozernoye, Crimea, on February 9.
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A new deployment of troops, vehicles, and helicopters was identified on February 10 at the Zyabrovka airfield near Homel, Belarus, less than 25 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
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An overview of deployment areas near Rechytsa on February 9. Rechytsa is in Belarus's southeastern Homel region, some 55 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
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Armored vehicles and transporters arrive at Russia's Kursk training area on February 9, about 100 kilometers east of Ukraine.
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Multiple battle groups and troop housing areas are visible at the Kursk training area on February 9.
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Six SU-25 ground-attack aircraft are shown at Luninets airfield in Belarus. The image was taken on February 4. Luninets is in the southwestern Brest region, about 50 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
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Probable S-400 air-defense deployments at the Luninets airfield on February 4.
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Probable SS-26 Iskander and multiple-rocket launchers deployed northwest of Yelsk on February 4. Yelsk is in Belarus's Homel region, about 20 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
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Troops and logistics-material-support units northwest of Yelsk on February 4.
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A troop-housing area and vehicle park in Rechytsa on February 4.
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A cluster of vehicles that reportedly includes truck-launched Iskander missile systems at the Osipovichi military training area, just south of Minsk. The image was taken on February 1.
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A wider view of the Osipovichi military facility on February 1. Russian-made Iskander missiles are capable of precise strikes on targets up to 500 kilometers away.
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An overview of vehicles and housing for troops near Baranovichi, Belarus, on January 29. Russia has placed troops and equipment inside Belarus in recent days as the countries prepare to hold joint military exercises.
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A crowded military base in Bakhchisaray on the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula on February 1.
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Massed vehicles at a military base in Novoozernoye, Crimea, as photographed by satellite on February 1.
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Military tents and armored vehicles in Yevpatoria, Crimea, on February 1.
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An older satellite image shows snow-dusted Russian military vehicles parked in Yelnya, Russia, on January 19. Yelnya is in Russia's northwestern Smolensk region, around 120 kilometers from the border with Belarus and 260 kilometers from Ukraine.
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Armored personnel carriers and trucks at Klimovo on January 19. The Klimovo military storage facility is located just 35 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
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Tents and housing for Russian troops in Yelnya on January 19.
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Russian tanks and artillery-support equipment, some of which was apparently in use recently, parked in Yelnya on January 19.
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Military equipment massed at the Klimovo storage facility on January 19. Older imagery from Google Maps of the same location shows a fraction of the military vehicles present.
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Military hardware at a railway yard in Klimovo on January 19. Recent videos have captured massive amounts of military hardware being transported by rail in western Russia.
