Satellite images show multiple new field deployments of armoured equipment and troops from Russian garrisons near the border with Ukraine, a private US company said on Sunday , in what its director said indicated increased military readiness., heightening fears among Western powers over an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine.Maxar Technologies, which has been tracking the buildup of Russian forces for weeks, could not be independently verified by Reuters.
"This new activity represents a change in the pattern of the previously observed deployments of battle groups ," Maxar said in a release on Sunday. Images on Sunday showed most of the combat units and support equipment at Soloti had departed. Extensive vehicle tracks and some convoys of armoured equipment were seen throughout the area, the company said.
"Moreover, a number of new field deployments are also seen northwest of Belgorod with much of the equipment and troops positioned in or near forested areas," the US firm said."Other company-sized units are deployed within farm and/or industrial areas."