New satellite images are providing a clear look at the sheer size of the Russian military convoy advancing toward the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.
The photos, which were taken Monday and provided to Global News by American space technology company Maxar, suggest the convoy is nearly 65 kilometres (40 miles) long, stretching from near Antonov airport in Hostomel in the south to the northern-end of the convoy near the village of Prybirsk.
Hostomel lies just five kilometres outside the Kyiv city border. Images taken earlier in the day, also by Maxar, suggested the convoy was about half the size, stretching about 27 kilometres (17 miles) long.
The company said cloud cover limited the full view of the convoy’s length early Monday morning. The new photos also show what Maxar said were burning homes and buildings north and northwest of Ivankiv, near the roads where the convoy is travelling.