Thread by @BrokeBritannia

In the last week, I have been tracking waves of strange Ural Airways flights heading towards Ukraine. It would appear that these flights are being used to move Russian troops toward Ukraine.

I decided to write about it (including links to evidence).

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As I posted this, there is another of these flights heading towards Ukraine!

AND ANOTHER! This one is a bit more interesting as I this is the first time this aircraft has done one of these flights - making it 13 aircraft which have been used.

By the end of the afternoon I am going to have to update the article , its already out of date haha.

Family photo - I think 73842 has now stopped tracking.

Read the article to understand exactly where the tracking is turned off.

Very interesting - RA-73806 is on its return flight.

While it could appear this plane has departed Rostov-on-Don Platov Airport, they have it flying at 39,000ft over the top of the airport. I guess it may have departed to the southwest and turned, but who knows!

While looking into Ural Airlines jets, I noticed this one.

It looks like they ordered a Boeing 737 Max-8 before the Ukraine war started and due to them being on the sanctions list have never been able to receive the plane into Russia.

I almost feel bad for them.

Another Ural troop flight?

This is another first timer! That makes 14 jets involved.

#ANOTHER! It looks like we have another Ural flight headed towards the Russia-Ukraine border area.

I was starting to think they were done for the day!

#ANOTHER!!! #RA73826 is back in the air on another flight towards the Ukraine-Russia border!

This is the second time this plane has been used, with both trips happening today. #UkraineWar #OSINT

#ANOTHER!!!!! #RA73795 had recently left Yekaterinburg and is heading in the same direction as every other one of those Ural flights ... Direct to the #Ukraine-#Russia border!

Another batch of troops is being sent to slaughter! #UkraineWar

Bloody hell #ANOTHER!!!!!

#ANOTHER!!! - Ural #RA73810 is back in the air for the second time today - As expected, heading towards the #Ukraine - #Russia border!

#UkraineWar

I lowkey kinda hope this story makes it into @thedrive's warzone section. I would love to be referenced a second time 😅

#ANOTHER!!!!!!! We now have a 15th jet!

Ural A320 #RA73828 is making its first run to the #Ukraine - #Russia border! #UkraineWar #OSINT

UPDATE - As of 23:30 pm GMT on the 3rd October, there have been around 47 of these Ural flights from Yekaterinburg towards the #Ukraine - #Russia border.

14 Jets (A320s and A321s) have been used.

(it might be 15 jets, it's getting late and my brain is playing tricks on me).

Also - Useless fact, the average age of the planes being used is 15.4 (decimal) years old.

The youngest plane is RA-73817, which is a 10 years old Airbus A320-232.

#ANOTHER!!!!!!!!

I was starting to think they had stopped these flights as I haven't seen any all day - But as I type RA-73805 is on a (troop) flight to the #Ukraine - #Russia border!

Bahhhh. Back to work today! If anyone sees any of these Ural flights, or anything interesting, feel free to tag me in the posts or DM me!