Throughout the past week, mobilized Russian military personnel who underwent training at Belarusian ranges were redeployed. Troop trains departed from Belarusian Railway stations → to stations of the Liski Division of the South-Eastern Railway.
For example, on July 5, 2023, troop train No. 961 was dispatched from Polonka station (Baranovichi Division of the Belarusian Railway) to Maslovka station (South-Eastern Railway). The train consisted of 43 railcars, including:
- 5 passenger cars (with Russian Armed Forces personnel: ≈250 people);
- 4 boxcars (with equipment);
- 34 flatcars (loaded with military equipment).
Estimated arrival date at the destination station (Maslovka): July 7, 2023.
Route of the troop train to Maslovka: 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-Sortirovochny (RZD) → Vyazma (RZD) → Kaluga-1 (RZD) → Michurinsk-Ural (RZD) → Gryazi-Volgogradskie (RZD) → Maslovka (RZD).
❗️Maslovka station (South-Eastern Railway) is close to the Pogonovo training range.
In addition to the troop train dispatched from Polonka to Maslovka on July 5, 2023, at least 4 more troop trains left Belarus this week for stations of the Liski Division of the South-Eastern Railway:
- July 3, 2023, from Polonka station (Baranovichi Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- July 3, 2023, from Lesnaya station (Brest Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- July 4, 2023, from Osipovichi-I station (Mogilev Division of the Belarusian Railway);
- July 4, 2023, from Ivatsevichi station (Brest Division of the Belarusian Railway).
