Sightings of Russian armored trains carrying weapons in Ukraine

KIEV – Russian armored trains are seen operating in southern Ukraine as Moscow launches a large-scale military operation in the neighboring country.

The presence of the old (old school) train is said to have a noble mission. So what is the armored train doing in Ukraine?

“The old-school hardware is used to protect foreign nationals, who are trying to flee Ukraine,” Zvezda TV reported on Tuesday (8/3/2022).

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The train was transporting about 248 foreign nationals from Ukraine’s Kherson region to the city of Armyansk, located in the northernmost part of Russia’s Crimean Peninsula.

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Footage circulated by Zvezda showed the train included an ordinary locomotive, armored car, an exposed armored platform, as well as an anti-aircraft carriage with several AA guns and other carriages.

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