Machulishchy air base attack

Machulishchy air base attack
Part of the Belarusian partisan movement (2020–present) and the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Aircraft A-50U (RF-50608) in the year 2011[1]
DateFebruary 26, 2023
Location
Belarus, Minsk region, Machulishchi airport
Belligerents
Belarusian opposition  Russia
BYPOL Russian Aerospace Forces

On February 26, 2023, at the Machulishchy military airfield, around 12 kilometers from Minsk, a Russian A-50 early warning military aircraft was damaged as a result of explosions.[2] BYPOL claimed responsibility for the drone attack. Alyaksandr Lukashenko acknowledged the attack only a week later, stating that the damage to the aircraft was minor. Later, he admitted that the A-50 still had to be sent to Russia for repairs.[3]

  1. ^ Rofé, Jean (February 27, 2023). "BYPOL: Взрывом на аэродроме в Беларуси поврежден самолет РФ" [BYPOL: Russian plane damaged by explosion at airfield in Belarus]. Deutsche Welle (in Russian). Archived from the original on May 1, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  2. ^ "В Беларуси задержали айтишника по делу о взрывах на военном аэродроме в Мачулищах" [An IT specialist was detained in Belarus in the case of explosions at a military airfield in Machulishchi]. Current Time TV (in Russian). April 5, 2023. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
  3. ^ "Антироссийские партизаны в Беларуси ведут борьбу с «двуглавым врагом»" [Anti-Russian partisans in Belarus are fighting the "two-headed enemy"]. Voice of America (in Russian). 12 March 2023. Archived from the original on April 6, 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-26.

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