Two more echelons with military personnel and equipment from Russia arrived in Belarus

Russia has sent two more echelons with personnel and military equipment to Belarus.

Source: Belaruski Hajun, an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet

Details: Belaruski Hajun has confirmed the information about the arrival of several new echelons of the Russian Armed Forces with personnel and military equipment in Belarus.

Reportedly, two echelons of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been sent from Kantemirovka railway station (Voronezh Oblast, Russian Federation) on 8 and 9 January.

The first echelon consisted of 43 carriages, of which there was 1 passenger carriage (about 50 people) and 42 platform carriages. It arrived at the Slonim railway station (Grodno Oblast, Belarus) on 11 January at 00:15.

According to Belaruski Hajun, minimum two Ural fuel trucks, two armoured personnel carriers, six trucks (Ural and Kamaz truck, some KUNGs military vehicles), and one trailer (generator), one Kamaz truck crane, two MAZ fuel trucks and one UAZ Patriot have arrived among the equipment in the echelon. Some vehicles had a "Z" sign.

The next day, 12 January at 08:00, another echelon of the Russian Armed Forces arrived at the Slonim station from Kantemirovka, which had 52 train cars in total, 3 passenger cars (≈150 people) and 49 platform cars.

At least 91 units of equipment and about 200 personnel arrived in Belarus from Russia this time in total.

Previously: On 11 January, Belaruski Hajun reported that another military echelon, consisting of 15 passenger and 10 cargo cars, as well as 15 platform cars with wheeled and tracked equipment, arrived from Russia at the Chepino railway station in the Vitebsk Oblast of Belarus.

British intelligence has reported that while Russia maintains a significant number of troops in Belarus, they are unlikely to constitute a real offensive force, and the new deployment of Russian aircraft is not in preparation for any additional offensive operations against Ukraine.

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