Departure of Russian MiG-31K from Belarus explained in the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Three MiG-31K fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces flew from Belarus to Russia on April 6.

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Such maneuvers have been observed before. It is possible that some operational issues became the reason for the departure. However, potential carriers of the Kinzhal hypersonic missiles may soon return to the Belarusian airfield from their bases in Russia. Yuriy Ignat, the speaker of the command of the Air Forces of Ukraine, announced this on April 7 on the air of Ukrainian television.

MiG-31K both flew away and will arrive. They have some plans. It was like that. They had like training flights, it was 20 minutes of alarm. There were also flights from Belarus to Russian airfields. They had some purpose, perhaps technical issues,” he said.

Meanwhile, the monitoring group “Belarusian Gayun” reported that Belarus once again continued joint military exercises with the Russian Federation at its training grounds. The exercises at the Belarusian training grounds have been going on continuously since April 29, 2022 and will last for at least April 17.

“Gayun” notes that although the training of the Belarusian troops has been going on for almost a year, they are still not ready for the offensive due to a lack of combat experience.

It should be reminded that on April 6, three MiG-31K fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which are potential carriers of the Kinzhal missiles, took off from the territory of Belarus at once. These aircraft have been at the airfield in Machulishchi since December 13, 2022. Across Ukraine, every time an air alert was announced if at least one of these fighters took to the air.

Source: Racurs

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