TheNZThrower
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After a missile has struck the Amstor Shopping Mall in Kremenchuk, we are already seeing allegations that this attack is a Ukrainian false flag. According to the following pro-Russian twitter account 'Russians With Attitude', the attack was perpetrated by Russia... But against a factory allegedly engaging in Military Repairs:
Looking at satellite images of Google maps, there is a factory north of the shopping centre, name translates to 'Kremenchuk Road Machine Factory', or Kredmash:
According to the about page of the factory, it appears to be geared towards manufacturing asphalt mixing machinery [Translation]:
On June 29, new footage of the attack from a park near the factory was released:
At 1:21 into the video, we witness where the explosion came from, specifically from the northern edge of the factory. This is a Google streetview image for comparison:
But that's not the only missile strike. At 0:33 in the video, smoke can be seen rising from the factory before the explosion was observed. This likely is the missile that hit the mall. However, RWA alleges that as the missiles supposedly hit close to one another, the first one actually hit the southern end of the factory, and hence it can be inferred that flaming debris from the factory caused the fire:
They then shared another account that geolocated the first shot, with the red marker indicating where the video was filmed:
The first screenshot in the former tweet was of a video from the account of Anton Herashchenko, former People's Deputy of Ukraine:
The smoke cloud from the first strike rose behind this building (the Kredmash HQ):
And from Herashchenko's video, we observe the missile trajectory:
And the formation of the smoke cloud at the far end of the building:
The smoke cloud rises in between the sign on top of the building (circled in purple) and the far right (or southern) corner of the top of the building, where the entrance building to the rooftop is located (circled in green).
Notice the back of the blue billboard. If we look at the front of the billboard in Google Streetview, we can see that the video was taken from a gas station:
This is the gas station in question:
Assuming that the red marker indicating the view of the camera from the RWA tweet is valid, we can draw a second perspective view of the smoke columns from the camera's point of view:
And immediately we noticed a problem. The original geolocation from RWA doesn't extend the line fully to the Amstor mall, but cut it off right at the southern end of the factory. If we do extend the line, it lines up quite well with the mall. And given the sheer size of the smoke cloud from the mall:
It is reasonable to conclude that the cloud would have risen behind the building from the view from the gas station. But the final piece of the puzzle is this tweet from RWA who claim as there was no crater, a missile couldn't have hit the mall:
Why isn't there a crater in that second image, I dunno. It is only a partial view of the Amstor mall, so perhaps another shot will show a crater. If you guys can contribute, please do.
Looking at satellite images of Google maps, there is a factory north of the shopping centre, name translates to 'Kremenchuk Road Machine Factory', or Kredmash:
But even assuming the factory can be put to military use, it does not rule out a deliberate targeting of the shopping centre.Today Kremenchug Road Machinery Plant (Kredmash) Private Joint-Stock Company is a leading manufacturer of asphalt mixing plants and spare parts for them.
Since the production of the first asphalt mixing plant in 1949, the Kredmash plant has produced more than twenty-one thousand asphalt concrete mixers, many of which have been in construction for more than 30 years.
On June 29, new footage of the attack from a park near the factory was released:
At 1:21 into the video, we witness where the explosion came from, specifically from the northern edge of the factory. This is a Google streetview image for comparison:
But that's not the only missile strike. At 0:33 in the video, smoke can be seen rising from the factory before the explosion was observed. This likely is the missile that hit the mall. However, RWA alleges that as the missiles supposedly hit close to one another, the first one actually hit the southern end of the factory, and hence it can be inferred that flaming debris from the factory caused the fire:
They then shared another account that geolocated the first shot, with the red marker indicating where the video was filmed:
The first screenshot in the former tweet was of a video from the account of Anton Herashchenko, former People's Deputy of Ukraine:
The smoke cloud from the first strike rose behind this building (the Kredmash HQ):
And from Herashchenko's video, we observe the missile trajectory:
And the formation of the smoke cloud at the far end of the building:
The smoke cloud rises in between the sign on top of the building (circled in purple) and the far right (or southern) corner of the top of the building, where the entrance building to the rooftop is located (circled in green).
Notice the back of the blue billboard. If we look at the front of the billboard in Google Streetview, we can see that the video was taken from a gas station:
This is the gas station in question:
Assuming that the red marker indicating the view of the camera from the RWA tweet is valid, we can draw a second perspective view of the smoke columns from the camera's point of view:
And immediately we noticed a problem. The original geolocation from RWA doesn't extend the line fully to the Amstor mall, but cut it off right at the southern end of the factory. If we do extend the line, it lines up quite well with the mall. And given the sheer size of the smoke cloud from the mall:
It is reasonable to conclude that the cloud would have risen behind the building from the view from the gas station. But the final piece of the puzzle is this tweet from RWA who claim as there was no crater, a missile couldn't have hit the mall:
Why isn't there a crater in that second image, I dunno. It is only a partial view of the Amstor mall, so perhaps another shot will show a crater. If you guys can contribute, please do.
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