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At least 15 Russian military transport aircraft arrive in Belarus in a week

18 July, 2022 Monday
11:21

An increase in the number of arrivals of large transport aircraft from Russia to Belarus has been recorded from July 9-17.

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The Belarusian Gayun monitoring group shared the news.

"From July 9 to 17, the Belarusian Gayun monitoring group recorded an increase in the number of arrivals of large transport aircraft from the Russian Federation to Belarus," the message reads.

According to their data, only the military airfield in Machulyshchy had at least:

  • 10 Il-76 arrivals of the Russian Air Force;

  • 2 arrivals of An-22 of the Russian Air Force;

  • 3 arrivals of An-124 of the Russian Air Force;

"The An-22 is the world's largest turboprop aircraft, like the An-124, it is used to transport large-sized cargo. According to our information, at least some of these aircraft have brought something to Belarus, but what exactly is unknown. Only the An-124 had up to 20 personnel on board," the monitoring group reported.

Also, this week, the A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft of the Russian Air Force (RF-94268) arrived and flew in Belarus for the first time since April.  In total, he was on the territory of Belarus for 5 days and 12 hours and 'worked' in the airspace of Belarus accompanied by fighters from Baranovichi - three times for 6 hours during this time.

Taganrog, Ivanovo, Tver and Anapa can be highlighted among the destinations where these aircrafts flew to or from.

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