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Russian military deploys intensively in Ukraine border area… New satellite image released

New topological images have been released showing Russian ground forces being dispersed and deployed near the border with Ukraine.

According to CNN and the New York Times (NYT), commercial satellite company Maxar Technology released a new satellite image taken on the 20th (local time), showing that Russian troops are active near the northeastern border of Ukraine. .

The barracks said it appears to have moved units from the garrison to a field camp near the border.

The barracks said that “a number of new deployments of armored units and troops have been observed in Russia’s northwest of Belgorod near Soloti and Baloiki.”

These cities are within about 35 km of the Russian border with Ukraine.

“This new activity represents a change in previously observed patterns of combat group deployment (such as tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and support equipment, etc.),” ​​the barracks said. It appears to have been deployed nearby.”

However, he said, “Today (20th), most of the combat units and support equipment in Soloti departed, and extensive vehicle tracks and some armored personnel carriers can be seen throughout the area.”

New satellite images show that camps or garrison sites that contained significant troops on Sunday the 13th are now relatively empty, CNN reported.

“Some of the equipment has also been deployed in the eastern part of Baluiki, Russia, about 15 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border,” the barracks said.

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