2022 rail war in Belarus

The rail war in Belarus is one of the Belarusian forms of grassroots action opposing the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5][6]

2022 rail war in Belarus
Date28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) – present
Caused by
Goals
  • Termination of the use of Belarusian railways by Russia
Methods
  • Railway sabotage[1]
StatusOngoing
Parties to the civil conflict
  • Belarusian opposition

At the end of February 2022, the first reports appeared in the media about sabotage on Belarusian railways in order to disable manpower, signalling control equipment, and the transport of military materiel transported by rail for military operations on the territory of Ukraine.[5]

Actions

Signaling equipment was destroyed in three Belarusian regions, and railway lines were blocked. As a result of these operations, the work of several branches of the Belarusian railway was disrupted. Since these days, sabotage has taken on a massive scale, and sabotage has been committed on many railway lines in the southern regions of Belarus.[5][6]

There has been some 80 act of sabotage on Belarusian railways as of 12 April. Based on data from the Belarusian Interior Ministry. Most common form of damage is setting fire to the signalling equipment. This disrupts the lights on the railway system. Reducing the train speed down to 20-15 kms/h. A married couple has also set fire to the logs of military equipment kept by the railways. Other act of sabotage have involved the railways workers themselves as well as hackers attacking the computer system. Deputy Belarus Interior Minister has threatened to kill such individuals, in a statement in early March. Shots were fired at people attempting to set fire to the signal box, in late March.[7]

See also

References
  1. https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/ru/398448-v-belarusi-nachalas-relsovaya-vojna-protiv-rossii-video
  2. https://m.dw.com/ru/belorusy-vedut-protiv-rossijskih-vojsk-relsovuju-vojnu/a-61283409
  3. https://ukrainenews.fakty.ua/ru/398448-v-belarusi-nachalas-relsovaya-vojna-protiv-rossii-video
  4. https://m.dw.com/ru/belorusy-vedut-protiv-rossijskih-vojsk-relsovuju-vojnu/a-61283409
  5. "В Беларуси началась «рельсовая война» против России (видео)". ukrainenews.fakty.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2022-03-18.
  6. "Belarusian special forces guarding railways following sabotage".
  7. "Why Belarus is yet to join Russia's invasion of Ukraine". openDemocracy. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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