On February 27, 2023, troop train No. 962 was dispatched from Polonka station (Baranovichi Division of Belarusian Railway) to Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway), consisting 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 block section on 2023-02-27 at 07:30.
⏱ The troop train passed the state border of Belarus → Russia (Osinovka-Krasnoe junction) on 2023-02-27 at 12:00.
Estimated arrival date at the destination station (Gukovo) – 2023-03-03.
❗️ Upon arrival at Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway), a locomotive change and locomotive crew change will be performed (further movement to the destination station is carried out by locomotives and locomotive crews of the self-proclaimed DPR). After the change, the troop train will proceed to Krasnaya Mogila station (Debaltsevo branch, Donetsk railway) and then towards Debaltsevo → Uglegorsk.
Troop train route to Gukovo station: Polonka (Belarusian Railway) → Baranovichi-Central (Belarusian Railway) → Stolbtsy (Belarusian Railway) → Fanipol (Belarusian Railway) → (Minsk bypass via: Pomyslishche → Kolyadichi → Gatovo → Shabany) → Borisov (Belarusian Railway) → Orsha-Central (Belarusian Railway) → Osinovka (Belarusian Railway) → 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 departed from Belarus (from Lesnaya station, Brest Division of Belarusian Railway, and Asipovichy station, Mogilev Division of Belarusian Railway). Both troop trains have their destination stations on the North Caucasus Railway.
Main destination stations for troop trains dispatched from 2023-02-25 from Belarus:
- Gukovo station (North Caucasus Railway);
- Matveyev-Kurgan station (North Caucasus Railway);
- Neklinovka station (North Caucasus Railway).
