The reason for the air alert was the flight of planes over Belarus: an escort fighter and a MiG-31K.
A large-scale air alert was announced in Ukraine on Saturday morning, March 18. The reason was the takeoff in Belarus of the Russian MiG-31K fighter, which can carry missiles dagger. This is confirmed by the online map of wind alerts.
Monitoring group Belarusian So reported on his Telegram channel that from the airport Machulishchi the departure of the MiG-31K of the Russian Air Force was recorded.
“08:56. Baranovichi airfield. Takeoff of an escort fighter. 09:00. Machulishchi airfield. Takeoff of a MiG-31K of the Russian Aerospace Forces,” the report said.
The MiG-31K is a potential carrier of the Kh-47m2 Kinzhal hypersonic missile. These missiles could not be intercepted by Ukrainian air defense systems.
It should be noted that on the night of March 9, Russia launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine, launching more than 80 missiles.
As a result of the attack, power facilities were damaged in eight regions. In some regions there were blackouts, there were problems with water supply and heating.
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Source: korrespondent
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