Photos show aftermath of Ukraine invasion, troop buildups in Russia and Belarus
Global News
New satellite images are providing a clear view of the damage Ukrainian military infrastructure has already suffered after Russia's military invaded the country on Thursday.
New satellite images are providing a clear view of the damage Ukrainian military infrastructure has already suffered after Russia’s military invaded the country on Thursday.
The photos, provided to Global News by American space technology company Maxar, also show large military convoys heading west by land and air towards Ukraine from Russia and neighbouring Belarus.
The first wave of attacks on Ukraine saw several military bases, including airfields, get damaged. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 137 “heroes,” including 10 military officers, had been killed and 316 people were wounded.
The dead included all border guards on Zmiinyi Island, also known as Snake Island or Serpent Island, in the Odesa region, which was taken over by Russians.
Maxar’s photos, taken Thursday, show black smoke rising from fuel storage areas and other airport infrastructure at the Chuhuiv airfield in the eastern Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv. The airfield has been used by the Ukrainian Air Force, having once been a post for the Soviet Union.
Zelenskyy has ordered a full military mobilization to counter Russia’s invasion, which has included a barrage of land- and sea-based missiles across the country.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials say Russia aims to capture Kyiv and topple the government. Russia on Thursday seized the Chernobyl former nuclear power plant north of Kyiv, along the shortest route to the capital from Belarus, where Moscow has staged troops.
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