Russia uses stolen Ukrainian tanks to transport goods to the EU
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In Lithuania, the railway tank car of the JSC “Ukrainian Railway” was again noticed, which Russia “confiscated” in Ukraine. By information Telegram channel “Live. Community of Railway Workers of Belarus”, this is a tank car that was not allowed to enter Lithuania from Belarus on November 8 because of the initial symbol Z. The cargo (fertilizers or fertilizer components) was sent by a Russian company to Lithuania through Belarus, reported Lithuanian customs. Lithuanian customs officers said they did not let the cargo with the symbol of Russian aggression pass and returned the tank.
After the arrival of the symbol, they painted it over, and the tank was re-sent to Lithuania, where it was let through, and on November 12, the cargo arrived at the Kyan railway border checkpoint.
This tank car, “confiscated” in Ukraine and used by Russia, before receiving the Z-symbols, repeatedly passed through the Lithuanian procedure on the same route and with a similar cargo without any problems.
It is known that from September to November 2022, a stolen Ukrainian tank car made 4 flights from the Russian Federation to Lithuania with a cargo of Anhydrous Liquefied Ammonia. Together with other bulk cars, the tank car was taken to the share of the Russian Federation in March 2022 in the Sumy region. The Russians did not re-register the wagons, did not change ownership, and did not assign new numbers to the wagons.
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