Ukraine
Sverdlovs'k
Chervonopartyzans'k
Gukovo
Platovo
Russia
Crater field
Suspected launch site
Suspected launch site
Satellite imagery shows scorch marks and vehicle tracks heading deeper into Russia at the end of a trajectory calculated from craters near Panchenkove in Ukraine
Crater field
The Bellingcat team studied satellite imagery of the area near Panchenkove where Ukrainian media reported attacks in July. After locating a crater field, they calculated the trajectory of 813 craters to five suspected firing positions. Four of these sites were within Russia, including an area near Gukovo.
Footage showing rocket fire in the Gukovo area was posted to social media on 16 July 2014. Bellingcat pinpointed camera positions by comparing geographical features in the videos with satellite imagery and traced their perspectives to the suspected launch site. From the footage they then measured the angle of elevation at which the rockets were fired and calculated a 15.3 km trajectory back to the Panchenkove crater field.
Video camera positions
Video camera positions
Footage showing rocket fire in the Gukovo area was posted to social media on 16 July 2014. Bellingcat pinpointed camera positions by comparing geographical features in the videos with satellite imagery and traced their perspectives to the suspected launch site. From the footage they then measured the angle of elevation at which the rockets were fired and calculated a 15.3 km trajectory back to the Panchenkove crater field.
Crater field
The Bellingcat team studied satellite imagery of the area near Panchenkove where Ukrainian media reported attacks in July. After locating a crater field, they calculated the trajectory of 813 craters to five suspected firing positions. Four of these sites were within Russia, including an area near Gukovo.
Suspected launch site
Satellite imagery shows scorch marks and vehicle tracks heading deeper into Russia at the end of a trajectory calculated from craters near Panchenkove in Ukraine
Gukovo
Ukraine
Russia
Video camera positions
Footage showing rocket fire in the Gukovo area was posted to social media on 16 July 2014. Bellingcat pinpointed camera positions by comparing geographical features in the videos with satellite imagery and traced their perspectives to the suspected launch site. From the footage they then measured the angle of elevation at which the rockets were fired and calculated a 15.3 km trajectory back to the Panchenkove crater field.
Crater field
The Bellingcat team studied satellite imagery of the area near Panchenkove where Ukrainian media reported attacks in July. After locating a crater field, they calculated the trajectory of 813 craters to five suspected firing positions. Four of these sites were within Russia, including an area near Gukovo.
Suspected launch site
Satellite imagery shows scorch marks and vehicle tracks heading deeper into Russia at the end of a trajectory calculated from craters near Panchenkove in Ukraine
Ukraine
Russia
Chervonopartyzans'k
Gukovo
Panchenkove