Inside the Travel Trail Linking Moscow Belgrade and Kosovo

EXCLUSIVE: Documents show Moscow–Belgrade transit days before the Drenas arrests. Officials called it illegal entry. The equipment found suggests something more complicated.

On a grey January afternoon in Moscow, three weeks before the roadside stop in Drenas, a different journey began. On 21 January 2026, according to flight documents reviewed by The Gunpowder Chronicles I Unit, a passenger travelled from Sheremetyevo Airport, Terminal C, to Belgrade on Air Serbia flight JU-131. The departure time listed is 14.00. The itinerary receipt states, in plain type, “Operated by AirSERBIA.” A boarding pass image shows Zone 1 and seat 24A, stamped 21.01.2026.

The paper trail does not end at the runway. A hotel voucher, dated the same day, confirms a reservation at the Belgrade City Hotel in Savski Venac. Check-in: 21 January 2026. Check-out: 7 February 2026. Seventeen nights. Total cost: €1,113. “No prepayment is needed,” the voucher notes.

Exhibit evidence #1 – Air Serbia itinerary receipt: This itinerary receipt shows Air Serbia flight JU-131 from Moscow Sheremetyevo Terminal C to Belgrade on 21 January 2026, establishing movement along the Moscow–Belgrade corridor less than three weeks before the Drenas stop. — Exhibit evidence #2 – Boarding pass JU-131: The boarding pass, stamped 21.01.2026, lists Zone 1 and seat 24A, confirming physical presence on the Moscow–Belgrade route central to the chronology examined in this report. — Exhibit evidence #3 – Flight schedule confirmation: The flight documentation records a 14.00 departure and identifies the service as “Operated by AirSERBIA,” reinforcing consistency between itinerary and boarding material. Payment conditions note: The voucher states “No prepayment is needed,” routine language that nonetheless confirms secured accommodation in the Serbian capital immediately preceding the Drenas incident.