On February 27, 2023, troop train No. 962 was dispatched from Polonka station (Baranovichi Division of the Belarusian Railway) to Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway). The train consisted of 50 railcars, including:
- 10 passenger cars (with Russian Armed Forces personnel: ≈500 people);
- 3 boxcars (with equipment);
- 37 flatcars (loaded with wheeled and tracked military equipment).
⏱ The troop train passed the Zhodino → Borisov line section on February 27, 2023, at 07:30.
⏱ The troop train crossed the Belarus → Russia state border (Osinovka-Krasnoe junction) on February 27, 2023, at 12:00.
Estimated arrival date at the destination station (Gukovo): March 3, 2023.
❗️ On arrival at Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway), the locomotive and locomotive crew will be changed (from there to the destination the train is hauled by locomotives and locomotive crews of the self-proclaimed DNR). After the change, the troop train will proceed to Krasnaya Mogila station (Debaltseve Division, Donetsk Railway) and then towards Debaltseve → Uglegorsk.
Route of the troop train to Gukovo: Polonka (BCh) → Baranovichi-Central (BCh) → Stolbtsy (BCh) → Fanipol (BCh) → (bypassing Minsk via: Pomyslishche → Kolyadichi → Gatovo → Shabany) → Borisov (BCh) → Orsha-Central (BCh) → Osinovka (BCh) → Krasnoe junction (RZD) → Smolensk (RZD) → Vyazma (RZD) → Borisoglebsk (RZD) → Donskaya (RZD) → Belaya Kalitva (RZD) → Gukovo (RZD).
❗️ In addition to the troop train dispatched from Polonka station to Gukovo station, on February 27, 2023, two more troop trains with military equipment and trained Russian Armed Forces personnel left Belarus (from Lesnaya station, Brest Division of the Belarusian Railway, and Osipovichi station, Mogilev Division of the Belarusian Railway). Both troop trains are bound for stations on the North Caucasus Railway.
Main destination stations for troop trains dispatched from Belarus since February 25, 2023:
- Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway);
- Matveyev-Kurgan station (North Caucasus Railway);
- Neklinovka station (North Caucasus Railway).
