Along with the transfer of troop trains carrying Russian Armed Forces military personnel, ammunition is also being transported to Belarus from ammunition storage arsenals in the Far East.
Thus, on September 26, 2022, from Knorring Station (Far Eastern Railway) to Ilyino Station (Gorky Railway), one of the groups of railcars was dispatched, consisting of 10 units marked VM (explosive materials).
The railcars arrived at Ilyino Station on October 14, 2022 (18 days in transit), and subsequently from Ilyino Station the railcars (in quantities of 2–3 units) are attached to troop trains destined for Belarus.
For example, on October 16, 2022, from Ilyino Station (Gorky Railway) to Polonka Station (Baranovichi Division of the Belarusian Railway), a troop train departed carrying Russian Armed Forces military personnel, to which 2 railcars with ammunition from Knorring Station were attached. The troop train arrived at the destination station on October 17, 2022.
The consignor to Polonka Station (Belarusian Railway) is Federal State Institution “Joint Strategic Command of the Western Military District” (code No. 7776703).
Route from Knorring Station to Ilyino Station: Knorring – Khabarovsk – Bamovskaya – Priiskovaya – Kultuk – Krasnoyarsk – Yurga – Karbyshevo – Poloy – Ilyino.
Route length: 8,636 km.
Route from Ilyino Station (Russian Railways) to Polonka Station (Belarusian Railway): Ilyino (Russian Railways) – Orekhovo-Zuyevo (Russian Railways) – Bekasovo (Russian Railways) – Vyazma (Russian Railways) – Smolensk (Russian Railways) – Krasnoe (Russian Railways) – Osinovka (Belarusian Railway) – Orsha-Central (Belarusian Railway) – Minsk-Sorting Station (Belarusian Railway) – Baranovichi-C. (Belarusian Railway) – Polonka (Belarusian Railway).
Route length: 1,400 km.
As we reported earlier, at present the loading and departure stations for troop trains arriving from October 14, 2022 from the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus with Russian Armed Forces contingents are exclusively from the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation and the Volga Federal District of the Russian Federation.
