Some of my observations around @il_kanguru's find:

An aircraft can be seen crossing the 🇷🇺Russia-🇺🇦Ukraine border (white line), proven by a contrail (dashed yellow line), turning left around Khomutove (DPR).

3-4 km further west, 2? fast-moving objects can be seen - Air Defence? Image
We can see that the unknown phenomenon consists of two pairs of RGB lines, so we are looking at white trails.

I think that the sharp end on the east end and the fuzzy end on the west end suggests that the objects are not heading away from the aircraft but rather towards the ENE.
The aircraft is about 3 pixels long (±25-30 m?), making it larger than most fighter jets.

From my earlier Sentinel-2 aircraft finds, I know that these measurements are generally a good indicator of aircraft size.
Note that I am confident, but not one hundred percent certain that these two trails are not some artefact caused by the strong reflection in the aircraft contrail further east. If you know more about this, please do let me know.

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Mar 17
Three Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072 ImageImage
A 4th aircraft (using Mode-S - there could be more out there!) appeared now:

Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003

Judging by side windows, all four aircraft should have a passenger configuration. Image
Five Russian Government aircraft heading east out of 🇷🇺Moscow currently:

Tupolev Tu-214PU 🇷🇺RA-65432 #RSD078
Tupolev Tu-214SR 🇷🇺RA-64516 #RSD079
Airbus A319CJ 🇷🇺RA-73025 #RSD072
Tupolev Tu-204-300 🇷🇺RA-64058 #RSD003
Sukhoi Superjet 100-95B 🇷🇺RA-85039 #RSD071 Image
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Mar 16
Russian Military Il-76MD reg. 🇷🇺RA-78796 flew from deep into Russia (🇷🇺Ulan-Ude?) to 🇧🇾Belarus (?) today: #RFF9923.

Note that tracking websites are unable to see the majority of this sort of flights, and I haven't tweeted all.
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Another flight #RFF9923 from far east currently up over 🇷🇺Russia is 🇷🇺RA-78818, now also heading west. ImageImage
Should I focus on Russian Military flights towards the 🇺🇦Ukraine/🇧🇾Belarus region more, mapping flight segments and adding overviews?
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Mar 4
The Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Antonovs An-26/An-32 are again on the move, further away from 🇺🇦Ukraine, flying from 🇵🇱Bydgoszcz into 🇩🇪Germany.

🇺🇦04 Blue #50FF9B
🇺🇦32 Black #50FF3C
🇺🇦33 Black #50FF3E

🇺🇦01 Blue #50FFB6 is not yet showing.
Looks like they're landing near 🇩🇪Stuttgart, Germany.
🇺🇦04 Blue #50FF9B
🇺🇦32 Black #50FF3C
🇺🇦33 Black #50FF3E
They're supposed to deliver essential aid to 🇺🇦Ukraine today (presumably via 🇵🇱Rzeszów-Jasionka). Also the amount (3 aircraft) is now confirmed.
Read 5 tweets
Mar 3
An Armee de l'Air (French Air Force) Airbus A400M is currently landing at 🇵🇱Rzeszów, Poland: 🇫🇷0062 #CTM2058.
A Royal Netherlands Air Force C-130H Hercules (🇳🇱G-988 #NAF31) is approaching 🇵🇱Rzeszów in Poland. This airport is the likely hub for military aid for 🇺🇦Ukraine.
Another Belgian Air Force Airbus A400M up over 🇵🇱Poland now: 🇧🇪CT-02 #BAF643.
Read 4 tweets
Mar 2
Some of today's military cargo flights to 🇵🇱Rzeszów in Poland earlier today, the likely hub for military cargo destined for 🇺🇦Ukraine:

Turkish Air Force 🇹🇷17-0080 #TUAF612
Belgian Air Force 🇧🇪CT-01 #BAF637
NATO SAC 🇭🇺01 #BRK32 ImageImageImage
One more:

Italian Air Force 🇮🇹MM62178 #IAM4665 Image
A second 🇧🇪Belgium/🇱🇺Luxembourg Military Airbus A400M to 🇵🇱Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport in Poland now, the likely 🇺🇦Ukraine military cargo hub. Its second visit today.

🇧🇪CT-01 #BAF641 ImageImage
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Mar 2
A "Fly Sky Airlines" (known for their airlift supporting the 🇪🇹Ethiopia Civil War) Ilyushin Il-76 flight 🇺🇦UR-FSC #FSU4845 carrying 🇺🇳UNHCR aid to 🇲🇩Moldova disappeared from tracking over 🇷🇴Romania.

This Refugee Agency cargo might be related to the situation in 🇺🇦Ukraine? ImageImageImageImage
For my new followers: here's a background article about them.
Fly Sky Airlines Ilyushin Il-76TD reg. 🇺🇦UR-FSC is now departing 🇲🇩Chisinau, Moldova, after delivering 🇺🇳UNHCR cargo 👇🏻 ImageImageImageImage
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