Russia uses rail tankers to transfer servicemen to Belarus.
This is reported by "Nasha Niva".
According to the publicationʼs sources, people are being transported inside the tanks. In this way, the Russians mislead the satellite and visual monitoring of cargo. It is currently unknown whether military equipment and ammunition are being transported to Belarus in this way.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on December 29 that there are half as many Russian troops near the Ukrainian borders as there were on February 24 at the beginning of the invasion.
However, Nasha Nivaʼs information about the overturning of Russian troops in tanks indicates that the presence of Russian troops in Belarus may be greater.
- The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zaluzhny, said that the Russians are training approximately 200,000 new soldiers and that he has no doubt that they will try to go to Kyiv a second time. The Minister of Defense, Oleksiy Reznikov, and the commander of OС "South" also believe that Russia plans to launch another wave of the offensive in February 2023.
- The commander of the forces and means of defense of Kyiv, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, assured that a powerful defense system was created around Kyiv from several lines, with a total length of about a thousand kilometers. Ukrainian troops have enough forces and means to protect the capital.