1. Yelnya
41st Combined Arms Army units identified in satellite imagery taken on 9 November, indicating redeployment from Pogonovo training ground
2. Training ground east of Kursk
6th Combined Arms Army units deployed on 21 November
3. Pogonovo training ground
41st Combined Arms Army equipment remained after spring 2021 exercises. Social media footage posted 7-8 December indicates additional deployments to this location
4. Maslovka railway station
Video posted to social media on 8 December shows tanks, howitzers and items which appear to be part of a missile system travelling by rail near Voronezh
Yelnya
Maslovka
railway station
Kursk
Pogonovo
Kyiv
Russia
Ukraine
Volgograd
Novoozerne
vehicle store
Dzhankoy airbase
Opuk training ground
5. Volgograd
Trains carrying 31st Air Assault Brigade vehicles filmed heading west on 28 November, 700km from their base
6. Vehicle stores, airbases and training grounds in Crimea
Several new units deployed since beginning of October buildup, including tank and missile system battalions. New camp with approximately 70 vehicles established at Dzhankoy airbase in mid-November
7. Belarus
An estimated 17 battalion tactical groups have been deployed in the country along with tanks, artillery, air-defence systems and fighter jets. The country is considered the simplest invasion route to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv
1. Yelnya
41st Combined Arms Army units identified in satellite imagery taken on 9 November, indicating redeployment from Pogonovo training ground
2. Pogonovo training ground
41st Combined Arms Army equipment remained after spring 2021 exercises. Social media footage posted 7-8 December indicates additional deployments to this location
3. Maslovka railway station
Video posted to social media on 8 December shows tanks, howitzers and items which appear to be part of a missile system travelling by rail near Voronezh
4. Training ground east of Kursk
6th Combined Arms Army units deployed on 21 November
Yelnya
Belarus
Kursk
Maslovka railway station
Pogonovo
Kyiv
Russia
Ukraine
Luhansk
region
Moldova
Donetsk
region
Volgograd
Transnistria
Mariupol
Rostov-on-Don
Dzhankoy
airbase
Novoozerne
vehicle store
Romania
Opuk training
ground
150 km
150 miles
5. Volgograd
Trains carrying 31st Air Assault Brigade vehicles filmed heading west on 28 November, 700km from their base
6. Vehicle stores, airbases and training grounds in Crimea
Several new units deployed since beginning of October buildup, including tank and missile system battalions. New camp with approximately 70 vehicles established at Dzhankoy airbase in mid-November
7. Belarus
An estimated 17 battalion tactical groups have been deployed in the country along with tanks, artillery, air-defence systems and fighter jets. The country is considered the simplest invasion route to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv