The Russian invaders are seriously concerned about the damage to the A-50 DRLS aircraft at the Belarusian airfield “Machulishchi”. There is unconfirmed information that they plan to take all their aircraft to Russian territory.
Alexander Azarov, founder of the BYPOL initiative, told Channel 24 about this. According to him, the sabotage was organized by Belarusian partisans.
At the beginning of a full-scale invasion, they carried out a rail war against the Russian occupiers on the territory of Belarus. Some participants were detained and even shot at them to kill. Therefore, sabotage on the rails was suspended and preparations began for other operations.
The occupiers can take their planes to the territory of Russia
As Azarov stressed, the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, together with the security forces, is now in a state of shock. They still do not comment in the state media about this incident.
Now the security forces are trying to find the perpetrators of the sabotage and are even detaining people in settlements near Machulishchi. However, the partisans who carried out this operation have already successfully left the territory of Belarus.
Escape routes are strictly classified. Let the security forces guess how it happened. At the checkpoints, outfits have now been strengthened. Siloviki in civilian clothes are trying to identify those involved, – said Azarov.
He added that two homemade kamikaze drones were used to hit the A-50 aircraft, which damaged the middle and front of this aircraft. There was even information that Russia would take its own planes from the territory of Belarus. But it hasn't been confirmed yet.
“Cotton” in Machulishchi: briefly
- On February 26, two explosions occurred at the Machulishchi airfield. There is information that it was possible to damage the Russian A-50 DRLS aircraft. It regularly flies out to scan Ukrainian territory for air defenses.
- Belarusian partisans were involved in the explosions at the airfield. They claim to have damaged the front and center of the aircraft, including the radar antenna and avionics.
- The cost of one such aircraft is estimated at about 330 million dollars. This is an extraordinary loss for the occupiers.
- The Belarusian Gayun reports that this particular A-50 aircraft arrived in Belarus on January 3, 2023. He managed to make 12 takeoffs. In Russia there were only 9 such aircraft, but only 6 were modernized.
