Russian plane destroyed at Belarus airstrip: opposition

Russian plane destroyed at Belarus airstrip: opposition

Published February 27,2023


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Belarus’s exiled opposition mentioned Sunday that partisans had destroyed a Russian airplane at an airstrip close to the capital Minsk.

“Partisans… confirmed a successful special operation to blow up a rare Russian plane at the airfield in Machulishchy near Minsk,” tweeted Franak Viacorka, an in depth adviser of opposition figurehead Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.

“This is the most successful diversion since the beginning of 2022,” he added.

The two Belarusians who carried out the operation had used drones, he mentioned, including that that they had already left the nation and have been protected.

Viacorka didn’t say what sort of Russian airplane had been focused however mentioned it was price 330 million euros. According to news media near the opposition, it was an A-50 surveillance airplane.

“I am proud of all Belarusians who continue to resist the Russian hybrid occupation of Belarus & fight for the freedom of Ukraine,” Tsikhanouskaya wrote on Twitter in response to the news.

It was not doable to independently confirm the reported operation and the Russian military has for the second made no assertion.

Belarus, Russia’s solely ally in Europe in opposition to Kyiv, has not taken a direct position in Moscow’s assault on Ukraine, however did enable territory for use by Russian forces for his or her 2022 invasion.

Kyiv says Russia has additionally used Belarusian air strips as a base from which to launch strikes on Ukraine.

In current months, Belarus and Russia have held a collection of navy operations and Ukraine has expressed fears that Minsk will enter the battle.

Source: www.anews.com.tr