🧵I created an interactive Google Map showing all 15 vehicles (14 trucks and 1 rescue 'Bukhanka') from the Russian military convoy destroyed by Ukraine last night near Rylsk, Kursk Oblast. Multiple dead bodies can be seen inside the trucks. google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…
The Yandex.Mirrors dashcam snapshots collection from 2021 was used for geolocation, which I tried to make as precise as possible. However, I may have missed a few meters here and there – apologies in advance for any inaccuracies. yandex.ru/maps/-/CDcoa4JD
Trucks 1-4:
Rescue team 'Bukhanka' and trucks 5-7:
Trucks 8-11:
Trucks 12-14:
Russian Telegram channels report that the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has detained the person who filmed the aftermath of the Ukrainian strike on a Russian military convoy in Oktyabrskoye.🤠() t.me/mash/56608
I adjusted a few pins on my map in accordance with this post:
Tactical markings allow to identify vehicles from the convoy destroyed neat Rylsk as part of the 'Border Covering Group.' Sources say Russia used these troops to form the 'North' Military Group for the Vovchans'k offensive in May 2024. h/t @pustota vz.ru/opinions/2024/…
🧵Today, the Ukrainian military intelligence, HUR, claimed a strike on the Russian National Helicopter Center Mil & Kamov in Tomilino, Moscow Oblast, on July 21. I found the initial source for the videos they published and geolocated one of them. See the next posts for details🔽
The geolocated video. Source: 'Overheard in Tomilino' VK group (), posted at 8AM on July 21. Geolocation: POV 55.657014, 37.921943. This pretty much confirms the fire in the heli center premises, also confirmed by many people who commented on that post. archive.is/oO8gH
🧵1/7 New Pantsir-S1 on a tower has been recently installed just 3.7 kilometers from Vladimir Putin's residence on Valdai Lake, according to updated Google Earth imagery dated May 6th, 2024. 57.979219, 33.302010
2/7 A bigger picture:
3/7 The previous 'Pantsir' near this residence was reported back in January 2023, 6 km away in the village of Yascherovo: .
🧵Together with @Mike_Eckel and @pustota, we took a deep dive into the deep blue: the history of the Barneo polar camp, which dates back to 1993 and reflects many events that have shaped Russia since then, from becoming a hybrid FSB-mafia state to starting a war in Ukraine. 🔽
This is a long read, so I’ll provide descriptions of its chapters in this thread, each accompanied by anchor links to the relevant parts of the text.
1. How the Russians borrowed the idea of diving to the bottom of the Arctic Ocean near the North Pole from the Americans. svoboda.org/a/odnopolyarny…
1/9 Quick🧵about the possible Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with Western rocket systems after the U.S. authorized Kyiv on May 31st to do so in order to prevent Russian strikes and assaults on Kharkiv Oblast 🔽.
2/9 Monday, June 3. Photos of the aftermath of the alleged HIMARS strike on a Russian S-300/400. They can be geolocated () 18 km north of Belgorod, more than 50 km from the border. No GMLRS rocket debris is shown, though. Date taken is unknown. t.me/DniproOfficial…
3/9 Saturday, June 1st The first photos of the debris of GMRLS rockets in Belgorod oblast were published on Saturday, a day after reports of the U.S. authorizing such a strikes on Russian territory. Location unknown.
1/3 Looking for the previously unknown Russian air defense positions in the Moscow plains when hearing the news about the yet another Ukrainian drone being shot down? Take your chances with the nearest garbage pile, and you won’t miss 😊
3/3 According to historical satellite imagery, this air defense position near Balashikha was constructed in December 2022. I am adding it to my interactive Google Map of such positions: google.com/maps/d/u/0/edi…
1/5 Finally, the aftermath of the Ukrainian UAV strike on the Kushchyovskaya air base in Krasnodar Oblast, as seen in a HR @planet image from May 23rd. 1 Su-27 is destroyed. 1 Su-34 is also heavily damaged. The Su-30 near the destroyed Su-27 might be damaged as well.