Newest Satellite tv for pc Pics Present Russia Firing In direction of Civilian Areas In Kyiv

Satellite tv for pc photographs of an artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly path. (excessive res: right here)

The Russian forces, of their third week of army aggression on Ukraine, have pounded civilian areas in a number of Ukrainian cities as they moved in nearer to Kyiv, satellite tv for pc photographs present.

The newest satellite tv for pc photographs shared by Maxar Applied sciences, a non-public US firm, present Russian army items persevering with to deploy nearer to Kyiv and actively firing artillery towards residential areas.

Multispectral satellite tv for pc photographs of an artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly path. (excessive res: right here)

One of many photographs exhibits artillery battalion actively firing in a southeasterly path. Whereas the targets should not confirmed, a number of properties and buildings could be seen on fireplace and widespread injury and affect craters are seen all through the city of Moschun, northwest of Kyiv and roughly seven kilometers southeast of the artillery deployment.

Multispectral and pure colour photographs displaying destroyed properties, affect craters and fires on the town of Moschun. (excessive res: right here)

Nevertheless, multispectral imagery bands on the WorldView-2 satellite tv for pc set up a shiny muzzle flash coming from one of many artillery weapons whereas smoke comes from 5 different weapons, suggesting that additionally they just lately fired.

Folks and a protracted line of vehicles are seen making an attempt to go away Kyiv, in one other picture.

Multispectral and pure colour photographs displaying destroyed properties, affect craters and fires on the town of Moschun. (excessive res: right here)

With the Russian assault in its third week, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has rallied his folks with a sequence of addresses from Kyiv, stated Ukraine had “already reached a strategic turning level”. “It’s unimaginable to say what number of days we nonetheless have (forward of us) to free Ukrainian land. However we are able to say we’ll do it,” he stated. “We’re already transferring in the direction of our objective, our victory.”

Folks and lengthy line of vehicles making an attempt to go away Kyiv. (excessive res: right here)

Eager to keep away from a direct army intervention in non-NATO Ukraine that they worry might set off World Warfare III, the US and its allies on Friday introduced additional steps to extend the financial strain on the Kremlin to rein in its forces. 

Greater than two and a half million folks have fled the “mindless battle” in Ukraine, the UN says — greater than half to Poland.