Along with the transfer of troop trains with Russian Army personnel to Belarus, ammunition is also being brought in from storage arsenals in the Far East.
On September 26, 2022, for example, one of the groups of railcars, 10 cars marked EM (explosive materials), was dispatched from Knorring station (Far Eastern Railway) to Ilyino station (Gorky Railway).
The railcars arrived at Ilyino station on October 14, 2022 (18 days in transit); from Ilyino station they are then attached, 2–3 at a time, to troop trains bound for Belarus.
For example, on October 16, 2022, a troop train with Russian Army personnel left Ilyino station (Gorky Railway) for Polonka station (Baranovichi Division of the Belarusian Railway) with 2 railcars of ammunition from Knorring station coupled to it. The troop train arrived at its destination station on October 17, 2022.
The consignor to Polonka station (BCh) is the 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 (RZD) to Polonka station (BCh): Ilyino (RZD) – Orekhovo-Zuyevo (RZD) – Bekasovo (RZD) – Vyazma (RZD) – Smolensk (RZD) – Krasnoe (RZD) – Osinovka (BCh) – Orsha-Central (BCh) – Minsk-Sortirovochny (BCh) – Baranovichi-Central (BCh) – Polonka (BCh).
Route length: 1,400 km.
As we reported earlier, the loading and departure stations of troop trains arriving in Belarus from Russia since October 14, 2022, with Russian Armed Forces personnel, are currently all in the Central and Volga Federal Districts of Russia.
