Long column of vehicles with S-300 missile systems moving towards Ukraine was spotted in Minsk

Friday, 1 April 2022, 22:17

Eyewitnesses spotted a convoy of about 50 units of military equipment belonging to the Belarusian Armed Forces, along with at least four S-300 SAMs, standing on the route to the border with Ukraine.

Source: MotolkoHelp

Details: Eyewitnesses noticed a convoy of military vehicles of the Belarusian Armed Forces standing on the R-23 highway from Minsk towards Slutsk at 20:00 (Minsk time).

Earlier, a part of this large convoy was seen near the Mikhanovichy village near Minsk at 17:30. The convoy included not only S-300 missile systems, but also MAZ trucks and 5N66 low altitude detection radar.

The two convoys merged into one. Eyewitnesses shot a video at the intersection of the R-23 and M1 highways and shared it with journalist Anton Motol’ko.

The video displays at least four S-300 complexes.

They assume that the convoy is moving at night so that fewer eyewitnesses can record its movements.

Reference: S-300 are medium-range surface-to-air missile systems manufactured in the USSR. Ukrainian authorities hope to receive these complexes from the member states of the North Atlantic Alliance, primarily from Slovakia.

Background:

On 1 April, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence claimed that the Russian command is deploying missile systems near Gomel.

On 31 March, eyewitnesses noticed that about 100 Russian military vehicles moved away from the Ukrainian border into the interior of Belarus.

On 30 March, journalists recorded the movement of convoys of Russian military vehicles along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border, including "Tochka-U" tactical operational missile complexes.

The KGB of Belarus has started detaining railway employees who had been driving trains with Russian military equipment.