Rail war in Belarus (2022–present)
| 2022–present rail war in Belarus | |||
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| Part of the Belarusian partisan movement (2020–present) | |||
| Date | 28 February 2022 – 30 March 2022 | ||
| Caused by | Usage of Belarusian railways by Russia during Russian invasion of Ukraine | ||
| Goals | Termination of the use of Belarusian railways by Russia | ||
| Methods | Rail sabotage | ||
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| Casualties | |||
| Arrested | 13 | ||
Rail sabotage is one of the Belarusian forms of grassroots action opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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 by rail for military operations on the territory of Ukraine.
The last arrest related to the "rail war" was made on 30 March 2022. Belarusian courts sentenced 13 people to a combined total of nearly 200 years in prison.