11 Russian combat helicopters, 9 fighter jets leave Belarus – Belarusian Hajun project

The Belarusian Hajun monitoring project reported the information.

At 8:15 a.m. to 8:20 a.m., 10 helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from the Machulishchy airfield:

• 4 Mi-8 of the Russian Aerospace Forces;

• 6 Mi-24 of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The helicopters were spotted flying over the Mogilev region toward the Russian border, which they later crossed. Later, they landed at the Seshcha airfield in Russia’s Bryansk region.

According to the monitoring group, military helicopters have spent 209 days in Belarus since January 8, 2023. Previously, there were 11 helicopters, now there is only 1 left.

Later, the monitoring group reported that at 1:30 p.m., nine Su-34 and Su-30SM fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from the Baranovichi airfield. The fighters flew through the Mogilev region and crossed the border of Belarus with Russia.

Most of them had been in Belarus since January 15, 2023.

Later, at about 2:00 p.m., a Mi-24 of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from Machulishchy. According to the monitoring group, this was the last helicopter of the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation group to be in Machulishchy.

"The helicopter headed east, and apparently is also flying from Belarus to the Russian Federation to the Seshcha airfield. That is, 11 Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces have departed from the Machulishchy airfield to Russia today," the statement said.

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