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🇷🇺BSF: SEVASTOPOL🇷🇺
0.5M📸 from 3 May 2023. Includes Frigate pier, Avlita Grain Terminal, Ammunition Pier, Refueling Pier, Pivdenna Bay and the Submarine piers as well as a look at layered defenses throughout the harbor.
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Frigate pier is still missing the primary warships of the BSF. Only addition from yesterday is a Grisha III Class. MATROS KOSHKA is buttoned up and ready to transport her #stolenukrainiangrain (she left later in the morning).
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The 2x Tarantul III vessels are still at the ammo and refueling piers joined by a Bora Class & a Ropucha (respectively)
Pivdenna Bay, there is a Ropucha, Natya, Tarantul and 3 other amphibious ships (1x Dyugon and 2x Serna)
There are 3x Improved KILOs at the sub pier
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Finally, there continues to be layered defenses of the harbor. Recently, @CovertShores had a good analysis of the entrance and there are additional booms near the frigate pier (across the entire channel), across Pivdenna Bay and at the Sub piers.
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🇷🇺Russian Aviation Assets: Sea of Azov🇷🇺
Given these are close to Crimea, on the Sea of Azov, I thought it would be pertinent to look at two additional bases outside of Crimea: Krymsk & Primorsko Akhtarsk. They are the yellow markers vs. the red which I have already covered
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🇷🇺KRYMSK🇷🇺
Most fighter #'s I've seen near Ukraine
Su-27 x52
Su-30 x9
Most interesting is the A-50M taxiing for takeoff. 📸 was from Mar 8 which had a heavy missile attack that evening. Was the A-50 coordinating the air launched cruise missile strikes? Is she based there?
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🇷🇺PRIMORSKO AKHTARSK🇷🇺
Home of the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment. Attack aircraft only (based on my ID's)
Su-25 x5
Su-34 x6
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🇷🇺Russian Aviation Assets: Crimea🇷🇺
A thread about Russian Aviation assets in Crimea. As rumors about a Ukrainian offensive in the spring gains steam, let’s look at the makeup of the aircraft at those airfields to understand current capabilities (and counts).
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There are 4 primary military airfields in Crimea (as follows) ⬇️
BELBEK: 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment
GVARDEYSKOYE: 37th Composite Aviation Regiment
SAKI: 43rd Independent Naval Attack Aviation Regiment
DZHANKOY: 39th Helicopter Regiment
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Belbek (10 MAR 2023) primarily fighter aircraft. Aviation assets are as follows ⬇️
Su-27 x24
Su-30 x5
Mig-29 x2
Rotary Wing x3
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🇷🇺BLACK SEA FLEET UPDATE🇷🇺
Updated imagery for Mar 2, 2023. 0.5M📸 for most of Sevastopol & Novorossiysk and 10M📸 for Sevastopol & the SW/S coast of Crimea. Definitely some interesting changes since the last view.
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First look is at Sevastopol⬇️
Frigate Pier - 1 Krivak & 1 Grigorovich are missing (1 Krivak, 1 Grig, 1 Pr 21631, 2 Bora present)
Ammo Pier - Ropucha, no action on the jetty
Refueling - No major vessels
Pivdenna - 3x Ropucha, Alligator, Grisha & Yuriy Ivanov
Sub Pier - Empty
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... and Novorossiysk⬇️
3x Ropucha Class
2x Pr. 22160
2x Improved KILO
Ivan Gren is missing, no Pr. 21631 present either and the TOR Mounted 22160 is gone as well.
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🇷🇺RU LONG RANGE AVIATION🇷🇺
We have all seen the dispersal of the bomber force at Engels after the attacks in early December on Engels & Dyagilevo. What we haven’t been able to discern is where did these aircraft go and are they still involved in the missile attacks on UKR.
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The primary bases for long range aviation are: Engels (nearest UKR), Belaya (near Lake Baikal) and Urkainka (Far East). It has also been confirmed that Tu-22s are operating out of Shaikovka (north of Bryansk) and Dyagilevo (near Ryazan) and participating in attacks on UKR.
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In combination with Google Earth 📸, OSINT and 0.5M and 0.3M 📸, I have been able to determine the movement of at least part of the long range 🇷🇺bomber force. I’ve looked at Engels, Ukrainka, Belaya, Voronezh and Shaikovka in the Fall 2022 (pre Engels attack) and in 2023.
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🇧🇾BARANOVICHI AIR BASE🇧🇾
0.5M📸 from Jan 17, 2023 (12:27 UTC). First non-cloudy view since the Russian-Belarus joint air exercises began. Caveat, I'm not an expert at IDs of Russian Fighters, so feel free to provide feedback/input.
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There were 4 primary areas and 3 individual spots outlined in the image. Overall, the counts/types are as follows:
Mig-29 x12
Su-27 x20
Su-30 x9
An-26 x1
An-12 x1
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Areas A, B & C are dominated by the Su-27 with a few Mig-29s sprinkled in. D, E & F have Su-27s and Su-30s primarily.