Russia transfers batch of heavy military vehicles to Crimea
IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 27 AUGUST 2022, 10:46
The Russian occupiers decided to deliver a batch of heavy military equipment to Crimea, which includes an echelon with tanks, howitzers and self-propelled artillery systems. They were spotted at the Taman railway station near the entrance to the Kerch [Crimean] bridge, on its Russian side.
Source: Krym.Realii citing the readers; StratCom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram
Details: Eyewitnesses noticed engineer-mining machines on the railway platforms, in particular, the IMR-1 engineering machine mounted on the T-55 tank chassis; 2C19 Msta-S, 152-mm divisional self-propelled howitzers, and 2C1 Gvozdika, 122-mm regimental self-propelled howitzers.
The echelon also includes T-72 and T-80 tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, trucks (including those mounted on the chassis of rocket trucks).
The military echelon also included covered wagons and fuel tanks.
The Strategic Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also published a video by Krym.Realii, which shows a lot of military equipment on the railway.
Біля Керченського мосту помітили велику колону важкої техніки росіян – такни, гаубиці і САУ перекидають до Криму. Відео Крим. Реалії pic.twitter.com/MMWR74VpmK
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Background:
- Earlier, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggested that Russia is redeploying military equipment from Crimea after the strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as strengthening the air defences in the occupied peninsula.
- Even earlier, Business Insider, referring to a secret NATO report, reported that Russia decided to withdraw ten of its fighter jets from the occupied Crimea after the explosions there, which could possibly have been arranged by the Ukrainian forces.
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