Satellite Pics Show New Military Bridge, Heavy Russian Troops Near Ukraine
NDTV
Russia's huge build-up of troops, missiles and warships around Ukraine has been billed as Europe's worst security risk since the Cold War.
New satellite images continue to show heightened military activity in Belarus, Crimea and western Russia, dismissing Moscow's claims that it was withdrawing troops from Ukraine's border. The US has said that Russia has increased its presence on the border with Ukraine by "as many as 7,000 troops," some of whom arrived Wednesday.
Maxar's high-resolution satellite images filmed over the past 48 hours show a new military ponton bridge less than six kilometers from the Belarus-Ukraine border, and deployment of troops and armored equipment in Crimea and western Russia. Self-propelled artillery units were also captured conducting training in Belarus in the satellite images shared by the private US company.
The images also show the deployment of ground attack helicopters at forward locations in Belarus. A new, large field hospital was also visible in the latest satellite images shared by Maxar.
The new satellite images captured by a private US company showed a "significant" troop and ground forces units that had been recently deployed to an airfield in Belarus departing from their posts.
