On April 4 at about 9 am, a convoy of Russian tanks was recorded moving through the city of Luhansk in Ukraine. Total
there were 15 tanks and at least one army truck with ammunition. Locals also report that they saw another convoy with 19 tanks and 5 army trucks that was going same route same day some time before the convoy in the video. Both convoys were moving out of Luhansk on the road that goes to Donetsk.
The video was recorded from a bus at this coordinates 48.550200, 39.259209 on Pavlivska st. The bus was moving same direction where tanks were going, here is a link on Google Map Below we marked it on the map.
Russian tanks in Lugansk, Ukraine
Geolocation can be confirmed when you compare the landmarks in the video with panorama images from the map. At 0:24 on the video you can see power line and garbage hill.
Power line in the video
Same landmarks you can see at panoramic image on Yandex Map.
Power line in the map
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2 Responses to “Convoy of Russian tanks in Ukraine moving through Luhansk. Video”
04/06/2015
Summary: Tactical Situation in Donbas, Ukraine as at April 6, 2015 - InformNapalm.org (English)[…] of the Russian contingent in Luhansk has increased. Over the last few days, much larger numbers of weaponry have arrived in Luhansk via Krasnodon from Izvaryne border checkpoint not controlled by the Ukrainian forces. Preliminary […]
04/08/2015
Résumé de la situation dans le Donbass au 6 avril 2015[…] du contingent russe à Louhansk a augmenté. Au cours des derniers jours, un plus grand nombre d’armes sont arrivées à Louhansk, via Krasnodon, depuis le poste frontière non contrôlée par les forces ukrainiennes […]