Echelon of equipment spotted in Belarus being transferred closer to Ukraine

OLENA ROSHCHINA —  THURSDAY, 2 JUNE 2022, 13:57

On 2 June, more than 50 units of military equipment are being transported from Grodno to Brest Oblast in Belarus.

Source: "Belarusian Hajun project"

Details: On 1 June, military equipment was loaded at the Korobchitsy and Svisloch railway stations in the Grodno district.

The equipment included 37 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 Ural, BRDM-2 trucks, a BTS-4 tractor, 5 Osa missile systems and 2 bases for an Osa missile system covered with tarpaulin.

This equipment belongs to the Armed Forces of Belarus; many vehicles are marked with red squares.

On 2 June, at about 08:00, this train left Grodno. At 10:00 it was spotted in Baranavichy and Liasnoje. After 40 minutes the train was seen near Damanava (Ivatsevichy District) and then at 11:00 in Ivatsevichy; it was moving towards Brest.

Some of this equipment, loaded on the train, has been in Khoiniki  since 7 May.

According to the Belarusian Hajun project, this equipment was previously being used to strengthen the border with Ukraine in the Gomel region.

The other part, a smaller one, was being used to strengthen the border with Poland. And now this equipment is being transported to Brest.

The day before, on 1 June, at 9 am, a convoy of Belarusian military equipment accompanied by  traffic police moving from east to west was noticed in Smarhon. The convoy consisted of 2 Osa missile systems without a tarpaulin-covered top, 4 Ural trucks of various modifications, and 2 ZILs [ZIL is a Russian maker of passenger cars, trucks, and military vehicles].

At 3 pm, military equipment was loaded at the Korobchitsy railway station (Grodno district). The equipment included 4 OSA missile systems, 2 Unified Zero Dimension Vehicle Bodies of the Belarusian Armed Forces. At the same time, Belarusian military equipment, including about 20 BTS-4 infantry fighting vehicles, was loaded into the platforms in Svisloch (also in the Grodno district).

At 3:30 pm on the M4 highway, two Ural trucks were moving from Minsk towards Babrujsk, each carrying about 9 OSA-system rockets. At 4:20 pm, they were spotted near Marjina Horka, moving towards Babrujsk.

At 4:40 pm, a column of military equipment was moving from Ashmyany [a town in Grodno Region] to Borisov [a city 74 km north-east from Minsk] on the R-63 highway. The convoy consisted of infantry fighting vehicles, 4 Osa surface-to-air missile systems,  a ZIL 131 [truck], a KamAZ truck, 2 Ural trucks, a fuel truck, and 2 Osa SAMs. This was the same equipment previously observed in Smarhon.