Thread by @NLwartracker

1/15 I have been working on unraveling the 🇷🇺 logistics networks in the Luhansk area since the beginning of jan. When different geolocated videos showed convoy's of armoured vehicles moving towards the frontlines in Luhansk & Donetsk

2/15 These convoy's peaked my interest, and since the 🇷🇺 logistics machine heavily relies on railway, the most obvious place to start is at the railway hubs it still can use in Luhansk. There are only a handfull which suits the need of the 🇷🇺 forces & are outside of HIMARS reach

3/15 in S Luhansk the railway route between the towns of Dovzhansk(Sverdlovsk) and Rovenky, has 4 stops that would be out of HIMARS reach, but only two of those are connected with the highways into Luhansk city and onto the frontlines.These are Dovzhansk (Sverdlovsk) and Rovenky

4/15 Dovzhansk seems to have the best rail infra structure, to handle large amounts of heavy vehicles also Rovenky is just out of reach of HIMARS(110km) but a shift in the frontlines could change that. After looking at sat. imagery of Dovzhansk, it can be concluded that 🇷🇺forces

5/15 designated Dovszhansk their main railway logistics hub in Luhansk, a closer look with hi-res sat. imagery shows use of the ramp on the SE side of the station to offload supplies and even heavy vehicles. More then 15 KamaZ trucks and trailers can be seen waiting for railcars

6/15 remarkably there are no warehouses used at the railstation. However when we explore the area, there is a warehouse complex to the NE of the station which seems to be used as storage from where supplies are distributed to Luhansk city and other areas.Following the breadcrums

7/15 the trail, leads us all the way along the road to Krasnodon to Novohannivka, where a RemBat unit seems to be located, most likely tracked vehicles unloaded at Dovzhansk are moved here by HET (heavy load trailers) to be overhauled and sent to the frontlines

8/15 As can be seen on sat. imagery the area east of the road seems to be used as testing ground for tracked vehicles. Other supplies seems to be moved further along this road to the south end of Luhansk city, where a large logistics location is located near the Aviation museum.

9/15 this area, holds 2 large logistics areas, a large RemBat unit, and as it seems the former airfield which houses a training ground for newly arrived troops. As can be seen the logistics area is huge, at the former Renault warehouses multiple civilian trailers can be seen

10/15 waiting to be unloaded at the logistics area, just 200 meters away. As can be seen dozens of military trucks can be seen ready to distribute the supplies to different active frontlines. An important supply route from here goes thru the small industrial town of Yuvileine

11/15 on which @DefMon3 has done an excelent piece some time ago. As can be seen all of those location are just out of HIMARS reach, but could be reached if 🇺🇦 had longer range capabilities, this would seriously hurt 🇷🇺 logistics and add hundereds of km

12/15 to the routes to the frontlines which are allready overstreched and strained, this would influence the course of war, and could mean the collapse of their railway logistics network in Luhansk and force them to use hubs inside 🇷🇺 territory,Give 🇺🇦 #ATACMS & shorten the war!

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