• Languages
Language (English)
  • Українська (UA)
  • Русский (RU)
  • English (EN)
  • Deutsch (DE)
  • Français (FR)
  • Español (ES)
  • Беларуская (BY)
  • Български (BG)
  • Polska (PL)
  • Čeština (CZ)
  • Slovenský (SK)
  • Lietuvių (LT)
  • Latvijas (LV)
  • Nederlands (NL)
  • Português (PT)
  • Italiano (IT)
  • Svenska (SV)
  • Norsk (NO)
  • Dansk (DK)
  • ქართული (GE)
  • Română (RO)
  • Magyar (HU)
  • Ελληνικά (EL)
  • Deutsch (AT)
  • العربية (AR)
  • Türkçe (TR)
  • Azərbaycan (AZ)
  • Татарча (TAT)
  • 日本語 (JP)
  • 中文 (CN)
  • 한국어 (KR)

    Logo

    support informnapalm
    Navigation
    • Home
    • News & OSINT
      • Donbas
      • Crimea
      • Syria
      • Georgia
      • World
      • Summaries
      • Misc
      • Social review
    • Top Investigations
    • History
    • About Us

    Military exercises Zapad-2021: who, when and where

    on 07/02/2021 | | News | World Print This Post Print This Post
    • ru
    • by
    • cz
    • ua
    • tr
    • pt
    • en
    • lt
    • bg
    • az
    • sv
    • no
    • dk
    • at
    Zapad-2021

    This feature is a fresh OSINT investigation from the Belarusian team of InformNapalm volunteer intelligence community. Although its editor-in-chief, journalist Dzianis Ivashin, was arrested by the KGB of Belarus on March 12, 2021 and remains behind bars as a political prisoner of Lukashenka’s regime, our Belarusian volunteers are only stepping up their activity. On June 28, a new OSINT investigation was published by the Belarusian team of InformNapalm on the topic of the Russian exercises Zapad-2021 planned near the borders of Ukraine and several NATO countries.


    On June 21, on the Belarusian governmental procurement portal goszakupki.by, an auction was announced for the provision of “transportation and forwarding services for the organization and performance of transportation of personnel and cargoes by rail across the territories of the Russian Federation and Kazakhstan” (archive). The client is the Ministry of Defense of Belarus.

    These services are apparently needed to deliver military equipment and personnel from Russia and from the training grounds of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Kazakhstan to Belarus, and from Belarus to Russia and Kazakhstan in connection with the major military exercises Zapad-2021, which will be held from 10 to 16 of September.

    This auction must result in two contracts for forwarding and transportation services. The term for the performance of services for both draft contracts is indicated until December 31, 2021.

    For convenience, we will call them “Contract 1” and “Contract 2”. Contract 1 provides for the transportation of military equipment and personnel by 670 wagons (screenshot).

    There is Annex 1 to the Contract 1, Preliminary plan for military interstate rail transport for 2021, which clearly shows in which directions, military cargo and servicemen will need to travel (screenshot) back and forth.

    This annex mentions two railway stations in Russia and one station in Kazakhstan.

    The first Russian station Ilyino (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) is located near the Mulino military training ground.

    In addition to the fact that there is a training ground in Mulino, the 6th Armored Brigade (military unit 54096) is also based there. This brigade is part of the 1st Tank Army, which according to sources, will participate (archive) in the Zapad 2021 exercise.

    The second Russian station is Ashuluk (Astrakhan Oblast), located near the military training ground (archive) with the same name.

    And the Koktas railway station (Kazakhstan, Karaganda Oblast) is located near the Sari-Shagan military training ground. Now this training ground is in posession (archive) of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

    The annex to the contract shows how many wagons are allocated for each direction.

    Thus, it is planned to allocate 298 wagons for Ilyino, 128 for Koktas and 244 for Ashuluk.

    It should be noted that the table shows the sum of the number of wagons that will go to Russia and Kazakhstan, and the same wagons that will go back to Belarus. Thus, the actual number of wagons which will bring the participants of the exercises is half as many: 149 for Ilyino, 64 for Koktas and 122 for Ashuluk.

    Contract 2 provides for the transportation of equipment and military personnel in 114 wagons (screenshot).

    At the same time, in spite of the fact that the auction has only just begun, the details of the forwarder are already indicated under the company details in white print, in Contract 2. This is the state enterprise BTLC (archive). This may indicate that, the counterpart has already been selected.

    There is also Annex 1 to Contract 2, Preliminary plan for military interstate rail transportation for 2021, where it is clearly visible in which directions military cargo and military personnel will travel back and forth.

    It mentions two Russian railway stations.

    Firstly, this is Tunnelnaya station (Krasnodar Krai) which is located within the boundaries of the city of Novorossiysk. The 7th Air Assault Division (military unit 61756) is based in Novorossiysk. Investigations about this military unit are collected in the InformNapalm database of the Russian military aggression against Ukraine.

    Secondly, this is Selyatino station (Moscow Oblast), near the city of Naro-Fominsk.

    The 4th Kantemirovskaya Tank Division (military unit 19612) is based in Naro-Fominsk, its participation in the Zapad-2021 exercises has been already mentioned in media reports (archive). Quote: “The final line of the summer training period will be the division’s participation in the Zapad-2021 joint strategic exercise.”

    As for Russian military equipment and personnel, the specified documents attached to the auction announcement show us their exact destinations.

    According to the plan, Zapad-2021 exercises will cover almost the entire territory of Belarus. There will be five areas of arrival: Minsk (Barysaw, Ozerishche), Viciebsk (Viciebsk, Zaslonava, Stolbtsy), Mahilioŭ (Osipovichi), Brest (Baranavichi) and Hrodna (Lososna).

    It is obvious that such a large coverage by the troops of the hybrid aggressor country carries a direct and immediate threat to the independence of Belarus.

    Civil society should carefully record all movements of the occupiers across the territory of Belarus, as well as monitor possible cases of hidden deployment of any part of the military personnel and military equipment of the Russian Armed Forces after the end of Zapad-2021 exercises.


    Read more from InformNapalm

    • Proofs of the Russian Aggression: InformNapalm releases extensive database of evidence
    • Volunteers gathered evidence of 32 Russian military units taking part in the invasion of Crimea
    • Advanced Russian EW system Navodchik-2 spotted in Donbas for the first time
    • Russia has kept its Zoopark-1 recon systems in Donbas since 2014 (PHOTOS)
    • Russian soldiers who lost Takhion drone in Donbas have been identified
    • Russian multipurpose armored vehicle Tigr, part of MK-BLA-01 drone system spotted in the Donbas (video)
    • Newest Russian equipment in Donbas in aerial photo (photo and coordinates)
    • Soldier of Russian 45th Spetsnaz Brigade in Ukrainian resort near Novoazovsk
    • Ukraine armed with Bayraktar TB2 is a better deterrent than “deep concern”
    • Exposed: 40 Russian military men of 15th Brigade participated in the aggression against Ukraine (Infographics)
    • By end of year, Russia plans to set up tewnty new military units near its western borders
    • Formation of new Russian division near the borders of Lithuania moves ahead of schedule                                                                                                                   

     

    The OSINT investigation was prepared by the monitoring service of the Belarusian editorial team of InformNapalm international volunteer community. Translated by Andrii Gryganskij, edited by Artem Velichko.  Distribution and reprint with reference to the source is welcome! (Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0) InformNapalm social media pages:
    Facebook / Тwitter / Telegram.

    InformNapalm does not receive any financial support from any country’s government or large donors. InformNapalm.org website is supported solely by the community volunteers and our readers. You can also volunteer or support the development of the unique volunteer intelligence resource InformNapalm with your donations through Patreon.

    Tags: BelarusOSINTZapad-2021

    Recent Posts

    • Andriy Derkach and his tapes. About one special operation to interfere in the US presidential election

      08/10/2020 - 0 Comment
    • Hacked: Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Pavel Fradkov. Business interests of Kadyrov and Kabaev in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine

      05/01/2025 - 0 Comment
    • Analysis and examples of sanctions evasion schemes used by Russian military-industrial complex

      04/28/2025 - 0 Comment
    • Hacking of Z-volunteer Ivanov, a member of Putin’s United Russia party: real estate scheming in the occupied territories

      04/04/2025 - 0 Comment

    Related Posts

    • Pontoon bridge across the Pripyat River in Belarus deployed 4 km from Ukrainian border

      02/17/2022 - 0 Comment
    • Russia sets up hybrid military bases in Belarus under the guise of “combat training centers”

      02/08/2022 - 1 Comment
    • Belarus and Russia use a DIY drone as an excuse for (info)attack on Ukraine

      02/05/2022 - 0 Comment

    No Responses to “Military exercises Zapad-2021: who, when and where”

    Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


    *
    *

    Follow us on social media
    Slate | Sl8 | InformNapalm
    does not receive any financial support from any country’s government or large donors. Only community volunteers and our readers help us to maintain the site. You can also become one of the community volunteers or support InformNapalm with your donations:

    Patreon

    BuyMeACoffee

    USDT TRC-20: TUbRscbCFns4kvWbUnQRBow9ajxSXwxFJU

    Ethereum: 0xf8979c0e0f82EaF1E79704Eb10b750906868cb72

    Bitcoin: bc1qj6nmqwc75tkwv5zuq4x8ljq94xwqp2msf5kyv3

    • Home
    • Privacy Policy
    • Contact Us
    © 2014-2019. «InformNapalm». CC BY 4.0