Photographs taken on April 8, provided to Global News by US space technology company Maxar, show a large Russian military convoy of hundreds of vehicles moving south through the Ukrainian city of Velykyi Burluk, just north of Donbas. A 13-kilometer military convoy of armored vehicles and trucks is shown traveling through Velykyi Burluk on April 8, a small Ukrainian town just north of the Donbas region in the east of the country. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies The convoy contained armored vehicles, trucks with artillery trailers and support equipment, Maxar said. The story goes on under the ad The images add to growing reports that Russia is preparing to launch a major offensive in Donbas, an area where fighting has continued between Russian-backed rebels and Ukrainian forces since 2014. The movements of Moscow troops have been documented by Western allies since the start of the extensive war on 24 February. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces have been unable to seize a single major Ukrainian city, including the capital, Kyiv, after weeks of significant resistance. The southern tip of a military convoy of armored vehicles and lorries was recorded by Maxar Technologies satellites on April 8 in Velykyi Burluk, a town north of the Donbas region of Ukraine. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies Russia is now doubling its efforts in the east, Britain’s defense ministry said on Monday, as Moscow continued to bomb Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Strong explosions rocked cities in the south and east and air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine early Monday. However, Ukrainian forces had repulsed several attacks and destroyed Russian tanks, vehicles and artillery, it said in a regular briefing. The story goes on under the ad The town of Velykyi Burluk, where a 13-kilometer Russian convoy was spotted on April 8, is located just over 300 kilometers north of the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Global News Graphic On Sunday night, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that next week would be important. “Russian troops will move to even larger operations in the east of our state,” he said. “They can use even more missiles against us, even more aerial bombs. But we are preparing for their actions. We will answer. “ Trending Stories
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An overview of the southern tip of the military escort recorded on April 8 by Maxar Technologies satellites in Velykyi Burluk, just north of the Donbas region of Ukraine. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said last week that the military alliance would step up arms supplies to Ukraine over the planned attack. The story goes on under the ad “In the coming weeks, we expect a further Russian push in eastern and southern Ukraine to try to occupy the whole of Donbass and build a land bridge to occupied Crimea,” he said. Last month, Russia hinted that it would begin moving its military campaign to Donbass after claiming it had succeeded in its initial operation – reducing the effectiveness of Ukraine’s armed forces. “The combat capability of the Ukrainian armed forces has been significantly reduced, which … makes it possible to focus our main efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of Donbass,” said Sergei Rundsoi, head of the Russian chief of operations. General Staff. Maxar Technologies satellites captured the northern end of a military convoy of armored vehicles moving through Velykyi Burluk, a small Ukrainian town just north of the Donbas region in the east of the country, on April 8. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies Rethinking Russia’s goals could make it easier for Putin to claim a victory that saves face, military analysts say. Moscow had said its goals included the demilitarization of Ukraine. Western officials have dismissed it as an unfounded pretext for a war, saying it was aimed at overthrowing the Ukrainian government. The story goes on under the ad Shortly before the war began, Putin recognized the Donetsk and Luhansk cities of Donbass as independent states, home to two Russian separatist movements since 2014. Putin’s decision on February 21 provoked widespread criticism from the West, which recognizes the regions as Ukrainian. terrain.
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Russia’s war – the most serious conflict in Europe since the Balkan wars of the 1990s – has left a mark of death and destruction that has drawn Western condemnation and raised concerns about Putin’s broader ambitions. About a quarter of Ukraine’s 44 million people have been forced to flee their homes, cities have been reduced to rubble and thousands have been killed or injured – many of them civilians. An escort of military vehicles, about 13 kilometers long, was seen on April 8 moving through Velykyi Burluk, a small Ukrainian town just north of the Donbas region in the east of the country. Satellite Image © 2022 Maxar Technologies Peace talks have not yet succeeded, and Russia said Monday it would not stop the war as long as negotiations are under way. The story goes on under the ad Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told state television he saw no reason not to resume talks with Ukraine, but insisted that Moscow would not suspend its military operation when the two sides meet again.
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He claimed that Putin had ordered a halt to military action during the first round of talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in late February, but that Moscow’s position had changed since then. “Once we were convinced that the Ukrainians had no plans to retaliate, it was decided that during the next round of talks, there would be no cessation (of military action) unless a final agreement was reached,” Lavrov said. Last week, Lavrov accused Ukraine of presenting an “unacceptable” draft peace agreement in Moscow. Kyiv has dismissed the comments as a tactic to undermine Ukraine or divert attention from war crimes allegations against Russian troops. – with files from Reuters. © 2022 Global News, part of Corus Entertainment Inc.
