New satellite imagery obtained by CNN shows that a large base which held Russian tanks, artillery and other armor near the Ukrainian border has been largely emptied, with the equipment apparently being moved much closer to the frontier in recent days.
The base is at Yelnya, southeast of the city of Smolensk and some 160 miles from the Ukrainian border. Large amounts of weaponry were moved there late in 2021 -- including some 700 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles and ballistic missile launchers. Much of that equipment is now gone, according to radar satellite imagery acquired on February 6. Cloud cover had prevented photographic imagery of the site for several days previously. The images show the tracks of departing vehicles.
Leviev added that the CIT believes the vehicles are moving to Bryansk,"because we saw two videos of the same convoy in Smolensk region and then in Bryansk region to the south," which the group geolocated against crowdsourced dashcam footage and satellite imagery."We also saw videos of several trains that were posted by social media users from Bryansk region.
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