Russia deploys tanks closer to the border with Ukraine

20 December 2022, 20:56 | Peace 
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Russia is transferring equipment to the south of Belarus, which was previously brought to the training grounds with Russian mobilized. It is reported by "

According to the publication, during today, the transportation of tanks, trucks and personnel of the Russian armed forces from Belarusian training grounds in the northern and central parts of the country, where they were deployed, to the south, closer to the border with Ukraine, is recorded..

According to sources, today, December 20, at around five in the morning, a train with military equipment of the RF Armed Forces departed from the Polonka railway station, which was stationed at the Obuz-Lesnovsky training ground (Baranovichi district, Brest region).

During the day, the train passed: Bereza, Zhabinka, Drogochin, Ivanovo and arrived in Luninets (Brest region, Belarus).

On the platforms there are 23 T-80 tanks, eight fuel trucks, nine trucks (Urals and KamAZ trucks), two passenger and seven freight cars.

Yesterday, December 19, at the Zaslonovo railway station (Vitebsk region), more than 20 tanks and about 16 Urals of the RF Armed Forces were loaded onto platforms, located at the Lepelsky training ground. Then the train went in the direction of Orsha to Osipovichi. His destination is tentatively Slutsk (Minsk region), which is also much closer to the border with Ukraine.

It is also known about the transfer of the third echelon with equipment of the RF Armed Forces. On the morning of December 20, an echelon with 20 BMP-2s, three fuel trucks, seven Urals, a Mobile Communications Control Center (MPUS-K) based on KamAZ, four passenger and three freight cars passed through Shklov (Mogilev region)..

The publication notes that the amount of equipment that is now being dumped into the border areas is not enough for offensive operations..

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Earlier, the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant-General Sergei Naev, suggested that during the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Belarus, he would put pressure on Alexander Lukashenko in order to join the country's troops in armed aggression against Ukraine.

On December 16, another echelon with equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation arrived from Russia to Belarus.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Aleksey Reznikov does not exclude the possibility of a repeated invasion of Ukraine from Belarus.

Источник: Зеркало недели