The Russian Federation began moving its troops into Belarus yesterday; the final unloading area for equipment and personnel is the southern border of Belarus.
Troop trains will keep moving for at least another 2–3 days.
There are no return timetables for the troop trains yet.
Border crossings receiving troop trains from Russia:
- Osinovka – state border (NOD-1, Minsk Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- Zakopytye – state border (NOD-4, Gomel Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- Shesterovka – state border (NOD-5, Mogilev Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- Yezerishche – state border (NOD-6, Vitebsk Division of the Belarusian Railway).
From January 16 to 21, 2022, more than 33 troop trains with Russian Armed Forces equipment and personnel arrived in Belarus within 7 days for the Allied Resolve joint strategic exercises of the Belarusian and Russian armed forces. Trains keep arriving.
Under the troop train timetable, the total number of trains to arrive in Belarus is 200 troop trains, an unprecedented figure (there have never been so many); troop trains average 50 railcars.
The troop trains include passenger cars, boxcars (including cars marked EM, explosive materials of hazard class 1, and boxcars converted to carry personnel), flatcars for military equipment and buffer cars.
Note that during the Zapad-2021 joint strategic exercises only 29 troop trains arrived in Belarus over a whole month.
We are following developments; this article will be updated.
