Thread by @kargolow

How #OSINT works.
On May 1st, a video showing transport of agricultural equipment (see video) appeared.
All sources claimed that Kadyrov's Chechens stolen this equipment and the video was taken during the transport to the Chechnya.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520693217351581696

We can see cars doing an escort for the transport.
Due to the fact that I'm not familiar with russian police cars (and with automotive;) I used Yandex image search for reverse image search (@brechtcastel is master here :). You can see the results in attached image.

So we know now that this is indeed russian police escort (car: Skoda Octavia).
Next issue is what is transported.
I can recognize:
-2 or 3 tractors John Deere,
-combine,
-2 seeders and some equipment I can't recognize and spare parts.

How can we say this is transport arriving from war area? "Z" letters on the trucks (see image), no visible license plates and also fact that transport has the police escort.
Let's go to geolocation.

As it was said, transport might have been arriving into Chechnya territory, so I started search from simple map analysis - route between Mariupol-Grozny (1st img).
As the hills can be seen in the video (2nd img) that suggest upland or mountain terrain.

Next part of search was screening for appropriate place (hills relatively close to the road) and characteristic building on the right (see image).

During the search, I've finally found the appropriate building (see image) on the previously proposed road in the Baruski town, Republic of Ingushetia.
Geolocated as: Baruski town, Republic of Ingushetia, Russia.
Grid: 43.25707, 44.82187.
@GeoConfirmed

Conclusions?
-Transport is moving east, in the direction of Chechnya.
-Features of transport suggest it may be equipment stolen from Ukraine.
-#OSINT and #GEOINT may be powerful tool for DIY investigations and fact-checking.

I wish You all good luck in your OSINT and fact-checking.