Military expert, director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov on the air Tsargrad.tv He explained why Kiev will attack the Belarus-based Russian A-50 aircraft. According to him, this is an important target for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) as the plane is a flight control point.
“The A-50 aircraft is essentially a flying command post. He is able to assess the weather and give targets for air defense and fighters, ”said Knutov.
Earlier, the media reported that unmanned aerial vehicles allegedly launched from the Chernihiv and Kiev regions of Ukraine attacked the Machulishchi military airport near Minsk. In addition, it was claimed that mutual shots were fired on the Belarus-Ukraine border.
Dmitry Peskov, then press secretary of the President of Russia declarationMinsk denied reports of a drone attack on the airport.