Active military manoeuvres observed in Belarus
Olena Roschina — Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 16:01
Belarusian journalist Anton Mololko has shared a video showing military vehicles on the move, possibly heading for Ukraine, including Tochka-U tactical operational missile complexes, rockets for Iskander mobile short-range hypersonic ballistic missile systems, Nona light-weight, self-propelled and air-droppable 120 mm gun systems, Strela-10 mobile, short-range surface-to-air missile systems, and armoured vehicles.
Source: Belarusian photographer and blogger Anton Motolko, founder of Motolko Pomogi online project on Twitter and Telegram
Details: According to Motolko, on 7 March, Russian Tochka-U missile complexes were brought into Belarus. On Monday, close to 30 such complexes left the air strip in Machulishchi near Minsk. The vehicles had no licence plates or markings. On their way to Bobruysk, the vehicles divided into groups going in different directions.
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On 8 March, on the Minsk-Bobruysk highway, a convoy of KamAZ trucks marked "V" belonging to the Russian army was spotted. Motolko suspects that a new supply of rockets for Iskanders was being transported to Bobruysk.
The column had 10 KamAZ trucks, each containing 2 boxes of Iskander rockets. Considering they were moving out of Minsk, it is suspected that the boxes are not empty, therefore at least 20 Iskander rockets are being transported.
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To the south, in Gomel, Russian military vehicles were seen moving along Rechitskiy Avenue in the centre of the city. The vehicles were marked "V".
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In Gomel, close to the railway station Gomel-Neparnyi, an echelon of airborne troops was seen. On the platforms, a BMD-4M airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle was seen and a "Rakushka" armoured transport vehicle, "Nona-S" gun mortars, a 1B119 "Rheostat" mobile reconnaissance point and fire control, and several 9K35 "Strela-10" anti-aircraft missile systems for the ground forces.
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Aside from that, a large column of Russian military equipment was seen moving on the R-149 highway towards Zhlobin. There were 18 fuel trucks and 4 KamAZ trucks.
12 KamAZ trucks (almost all of them covered) and 1 fuel truck were spotted exiting Kalinkovichi towards Bobruysk via R-31 highway. The equipment was marked "V".
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Military equipment marked "V" also moved from Gomel on the M5 highway, in particular - 3 armoured vehicles "Tiger", 4 trucks of the Russian National Guard, and 3 UAZ "Patriot".
In addition, on Tuesday morning several Su-35C planes took off from the airfield in Baranovichi (Brest region). Later 3 helicopters (including Mi-24 and Mi-8) flew over Narovlya towards Ukraine.
Finally, last week, Russian mercenaries began arriving in Belarus. They came to Minsk by plane or train, and from there travelled by train to Gomel. Their onward route is still unclear.
Motolko asked people to report any information about Russian mercenaries on @motolko_bot. According to the journalist, if Putin's troops start recruiting mercenaries, it means that the situation with the personnel is deplorable, and there are fewer and fewer people in the Russian army willing to go to war with Ukrainians.
