How Satellite Image Paints A Grim Picture Of The Russia Ukraine Conflict.

Stephen Chege
3 min readFeb 1, 2022

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Tensions are at fever pitch between Russia and Ukraine, as Russia is allegedly preparing to invade Ukraine. Russia has allegedly deployed 100,000 troops to various strategic boarders with Ukraine, NATO allies and the European Union claim.

However, Russia says it has no plans to attack Ukraine: and armed forces chief Valery Gerasimov even denounced reports of an impending invasion as a lie the BBC reports. Prime Minister spokesman Dmitry Peskove called the allegation US led propaganda.

Since 2014, relations between these two countries have deteriorated when Russia illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine. Despite its annexation, Crimea was considered by most countries of the world in a UN resolution of March 2014 to remain part of Ukraine. This started a never ending conflict where pro Russian forces have launched attacks on the Ukrainian government.

According to CBS News, U.S. has responded by pouring military hardware in to bolster Ukraine’s forces, and NATO has deployed troops, aircraft and warships to reinforce the bloc’s defenses in the region.

CBS further reports that the U.S. and its European allies won’t send troops into Ukraine as it’s not a NATO member, but they’ve warned repeatedly that any Russian forces crossing the Ukrainian border will be considered an invasion, and will draw prompt and severe sanctions against Russia.

Despite the accusations and counter accusation, what are satellite images saying? In order to understand a conflict, one needs to look at various patterns and get insights on the parties involved. This is exactly what we are going to do. PS i am not taking any sides.

As the images clearly show something big is about to happen, only time will tell what exactly is going on.

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