Belarusian TV News Agency (ATN) published images. with the A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft (AWACS) of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which took over its flight. He is accompanied by Russian SU-30 warplanes.
According to the ATN report, the aircraft is on combat duty and patrolling the Belarusian borders.
Belarusian March 1 television showed Video recording of an AWACS A-50 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces ready for service. Related images were also published by the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Defense on the Telegram channel.
In the video, you can see that the A-50 aircraft at the Machulishchi airport near Minsk, which was previously reported by the media, did not have any damage.
A number of publications previously reported that UAVs 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.
The Belarusian State Border Committee denied this information, emphasizing that there were no incidents of the use of weapons and that the border guards did not open fire.
Later, military expert, director of the Museum of the Air Defense Forces Yuri Knutov, on Tsargrad.tv declarationFor the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU), the Russian A-50 aircraft is a key target as the aircraft is a flight control point.