A military training range with its own rail infrastructure is being built in the gomel region of belarus, 40 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
This was reported by the belarusian service of Radio Liberty, citing project documents obtained by the Belarusian Railway Association.
The site, officially named "Construction of a range in the Gomel region", is being designed near the village of Yakimivka in the Rechytsa district.
The documents name the Military Design Institute as the client.
The project includes a dedicated 1.2-kilometre siding for 60 wagons and a freight platform with a ramp.
The ramp is the key detail: it lets heavy vehicles drive off the flatcars under their own power, without cranes. That means whole trains can be unloaded quickly.
Construction has been under way since late 2023. Satellite imagery this year showed large-scale work in forest: new roads and a cleared corridor for the future rail branch.
Journalists estimate the range may host the 37th separate air assault brigade of belarus's special operations forces, formed last year.
For Kyiv region the northern direction carries particular weight: it was from there that columns moved on Kyiv in February 2022, through Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel.
As a reminder, Hostomel unveiled an installation honouring the defence of its airport.
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