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Satellite Images of Russian Tanks Fail to Pierce Fog of War

  • Unprecedented ability to track troop movements in real time
  • Accurate picture elusive with most data provided by one side
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows resupply trucks and multiple probable rocket launchers in firing position, in Berestyanka, Ukraine, on March 9.

This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows resupply trucks and multiple probable rocket launchers in firing position, in Berestyanka, Ukraine, on March 9.

Source: Maxar Technologies
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Satellite images showing the dispersal of a now-infamous Russian military column north of Kyiv are proving both the extraordinary ability of publicly available technologies to track the war in Ukraine as it happens -- and their limitations. 

The high definition images from Maxar Technologies Inc., dated March 10, showed artillery pieces and tanks from the column in new positions in the surrounding woods, fields and towns, in particular Hostomel, the site of an airport that’s been fought over since the start of the invasion.