By Alya Shandra
Reports of a military column consisting of 150 armored vehicles and 1200 individuals entering Luhansk, Ukraine, have been confirmed by ATO commander in Luhansk Oblast Ihor Boronchenko on August 19. Social network accounts allow tracking the paths by which Russian military equipment in the direction of Ukraine. Various twitter users, namely @galandecZP and @stabilizec have been monitoring VK users posting photos of military convoys passing through their towns. Coming from as far as Tula (Tula Oblast, Russia), Saratov, and Roshchinskiy (Samara Oblast, Russia), the equipment in the last days has been spotted the most on the M4 highway and in Rostov. Military equipment movement has also been noticed in Crimea. The equipment itself comes in a multitude of varieties, from covered military trucks to Grads, Buks, and tanks. Some equipment has been registered having crossed the Ukrainian border, for example, in Izvaryne, Luhansk Oblast:
Техника 98-я гвардейской воздушно-десантной дивизии РФ в районе КПП Изварино. #рашизм #терроризм pic.twitter.com/rYBYEGO7X7
— Лiсовий брат (@forest_brother) August 15, 2014
On August 19, a 300-piece military convoy has been noticed in Samarskoye (Rostov Oblast, Russia):
19.08.2014 Та же колонна в 300 ед.,с.Самарское(Ростов) #война #Украина #Россия pic.twitter.com/CZiuhfggdt
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 19, 2014
Saratov (Saratov Oblast, Russia) is a major crossing point for military equipment:
18.08.2014 Состав с БМП,инженерной техникой и машинами для ЛС. Жд.ст.Саратов-1 #russiainvadesukraine #ГумвойскаРФ pic.twitter.com/nWAKED9Jcz
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 18, 2014
Military equipment coming in from Abkhazia:
23.08.2014 Формируют новый состав или догружают прошлый. САГ 2С3 "Акация" на ст Гудаута #ГумвойскаРФ #Украина #Россия pic.twitter.com/o0OfGyTWc3
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 23, 2014
Standing in line at the Kerch ferry:
21.08.2014 Колонна БТР-80 возле паромной переправы "Кавказ" #война #Украина #Россия #russiainvadesukraine pic.twitter.com/iv58uXu8Ec
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 23, 2014
Equipment is coming from as far as Samara Oblast, Russia (Roshchinskiy):
Weaponry is being amassed in Belarus (near Minsk):
20.08.2014 Состав САУ 2С9 «Нона-С» на жд.ст. Степянка(близ Минска) #war #Ukraine #Russia #Украина #Россия #Belarus pic.twitter.com/9MI8caY8FV
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 24, 2014
And also at the North-Eastern borders of Ukraine:
15.08.2014 Военная разведка. Хутор Фонов(Курск) техника:2С9 «НОНА-С» #война #Украина pic.twitter.com/jldJE77kQ8
— galandecZP (@galandecZP) August 24, 2014
Tags: Donbas war (2014-present), Russia, Russian invasion, Russian troops
