Moscow is taking weapons from a key base near St. Petersburg, according to a Sunday report from a Finnish news agency.
Russia is allegedly emptying a crucial air defense base to resupply forces in Ukraine amid mounting losses, according to satellite images reported by Finnish news agency Yleisradio Oy on Sunday.ordered his invasion of Ukraine on February 24, hoping for a quick victory against his Eastern European neighbor. Ukraine, however, met Putin's troops with a stronger-than-anticipated defense that has since been bolstered by Western military aid.
Amid reports of high equipment losses, Russia now appears to be moving anti-aircraft missiles from St. Petersburg toward Ukraine, according to Finland's national public broadcasting company Yleisradio Oy . It is not known exactly when the equipment was moved, but Finnish military expert Marko Eklund told Yle that missile containers were seen being loaded onto transport platforms in May along the shore of Lake Ladoga.
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