Machulishchy air base attack | |||||
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Part of the Belarusian partisan movement (2020–present) and the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
Aircraft A-50U (RF-50608) in the year 2011[1] | |||||
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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]