Third trainload of Russian military hardware leaves Georgia

ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow
30 May 06

Tbilisi, 30 May: The third trainload of weapons and military hardware
from the Russian military base in Akhalkalaki left the Georgian town
of Tsalka for Russia today, a source in the Group of Russian Troops in
the Transcaucasus [GRVZ] told an ITAR-TASS correspondent today. This
afternoon the train will cross the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. It is
carrying 15 self-propelled howitzers, 50 mortars and spare parts for
them.

The trainload consists of 17 rail trucks, one of them is carrying
sentries. The train’s safety on its way through Georgia will be
ensured by a Georgian Defence Ministry subunit. The first trainload
with weapons and military equipment from the military base in
Akhalkalaki left Georgia on 15 May, the second on 23 May, the fourth
will leave Tsalka on 6 June. [Passage omitted to end: earlier reported
details of the Russian pullout from Georgia.]