Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with the leaders of factions of the State Duma, said that the armed forces “generally have not started anything serious.”
Russia began transferring heavy equipment and troops to Belarus. This conclusion was reached by Belaruska So monitoring group after examining satellite images and data on the frequent movements of large Russian aircraft, reports The Moscow Times.
Minsk announced on July 7 that it had moved the Pribytki (Zyabrovka) air base in the Gomel region to the use of Moscow. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with the leaders of factions of the State Duma, said that the armed forces “generally have not started anything serious.”
The Belarusian however discovered on July 11 that an aircraft of the Russian airborne warning and control system (AWACS) flew into the country’s airspace for the first time since April 4. In addition, aircraft flights from Russia became more often. In just one day, on July 10, three Il-76 VKS of the Russian Federation arrived at the military airport in Machulishchi with an unknown cargo.
Consistent with visits by Russian military aircraft, air training has become more frequent at five Belarusian airports simultaneously. They occur in Baranovichi, Machulishchi, Lida, Luninets and Bobruisk.
Helicopter landings are being trained in Baranavichy. Within three weeks, the annual rate of such exercises was exceeded. Also, about 20 Russian pilots arrived at this airport. Landing is also underway in Bobruisk, Machulishchi and in the Yelsk region. Belarusian So calls such exercises atypical. At Bobruisk, these exercises were performed twice. Training flights to Luninets and Lida became more frequent.
Transport workers with weapons arrived in Belarus until July 7.
According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko will not dare to directly intervene in the battles in Ukraine on the side of Russia: direct participation in the war could be a threat to his regime. However, he is likely to continue to allow Russia’s military forces to access his country’s airspace to show loyalty to Vladimir Putin.
Earlier it was reported that the largest turboprop transport aircraft had landed in Belarus. At the military airport in Machulishchi, after his landing, the light went out. The An-22 is used to deliver heavy and bulky weapons, equipment and manpower, as well as to ground troops.
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Source: korrespondent
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