Up to 60 railcars: Belarus wires a border base to take in military trains
Leaked papers show a base near Ukraine getting a rail spur for up to 60 railcars and a ramp for military vehicles—as Minsk drops its threat talk.
Belarus is constructing a new military base near its border with Ukraine to accommodate large military trains, according to leaked design documents obtained by Radio Svaboda, the Belarus service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. The base, located near the village of Yakimaŭka in Homiel Oblast, is built to handle up to 60 railcars and features a cargo platform with a ramp for unloading wheeled and tracked vehicles.
The project is being carried out by the state military-design institute, Vaenpraekt, and is part of a larger military complex that is home to the 37th separate air-assault brigade of Belarus's Special Operations Forces. Despite claims of no external threat, Belarusian commanders have increasingly emphasized the need for military infrastructure along the Ukrainian frontier.
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