Satellite images from Maxar Technologies show that a convoy of Russian armored vehicles and artillery extended for more than 65 kilometers and was within a few kilometers of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on February 27-28, in what Ukraine's armed forces see as an attempt to encircle and take control of the country's largest city.
Latest Satellite Images Reveal Massive Russian Convoy Outside Kyiv
- By RFE/RL
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A Russian military convoy near Ivankiv on February 28.
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A closer view of the southern end of the main vehicle convoy of armor towed artillery trucks on the T-1011 highway east of Antonov Airport in Kyiv on February 28.
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An additional part of a Russian military convoy near Ivankiv on February 28.
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A close-up view of a deployment of Russian armored equipment southeast of Ivankiv, north of Kyiv.
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A column of Russian military vehicles is seen on February 27 as it moves toward Kyiv on the Shevchenka Road on the outskirts of Ivankiv.
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The northern end of a convoy of logistics and resupply vehicles southeast of Ivankiv on February 28.
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Ground forces' equipment and a convoy in Khilchikha, Belarus, on February 28.
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A large deployment of ground forces in and around the town of Zdvyzhivka, near Kyiv, on February 28.
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A damaged bridge in Stoyanka in western Kyiv on February 28.
