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Maxar Technologies has been tracking Russian military movements around Ukraine through satellite images since late last year<\/a>, recently releasing photos that showed a large military convoy traveling toward the capital city of Kyiv<\/a> and spanning nearly 40 miles of road<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clouds covered a large section of the area where the convoy was last seen, according to Maxar, but images taken Tuesday show armored vehicles and equipment moving near the Antonov Airport near Hostomel. A portion of the convoy was previously photographed in the same area on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional images released Tuesday show craters, which a Maxar spokesman said are from bombs, and a damaged bridge in Irpin, west of Kyiv.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ukrainians have been crossing the Irpin River on an improvised path underneath the bridge, which The Associated Press reported<\/a> was destroyed by a Russian airstrike, in order to evacuate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ukrainian officials told the Associated Press that a safe evacuation corridor opened from Irpin on Tuesday<\/a>, but it is unclear how long it was open or how many people used it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Previous agreements for safe evacuation corridors have failed, with Ukraine claiming Russia violated ceasefire agreements. The Russian military denied firing on convoys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two million Ukrainian refugees have left the country in the 12 days since the Russian invaded started, according to the UN Refugee Agency<\/a>, with more than half traveling to Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe refugees who have crossed are safe from the violence, but none were spared huge loss and trauma. Behind the monolithic statistics are 2 million stories of separation, anguish, and loss,\u201d said Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S. defense officials estimate more than 600 Russian missiles have been fired from Russia or inside Ukraine since Russia invaded its neighbor on Feb. 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/05_damaged-bridge-over-irpin-river_irpin_west-of-kyiv_8-march2022_wv3.jpg.jpg\")