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Belarus Partisans Claim Blowing Up Russia Spy Plane

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Belarusian anti-government activists said on Sunday they had blown up a sophisticated Russian military surveillance aircraft in a drone attack at an airfield near the Belarusian capital Minsk, a claim that neither Russia nor Belarus confirmed, Lidia Kelly reported for Reuters.


Photo Insert: The plane - a Beriev A-50 aircraft - has the NATO reporting name of Mainstay and is an airborne early warning aircraft with command and control capabilities and the ability to track up to 60 targets at a time.



The plane - a Beriev A-50 aircraft - has the NATO reporting name of Mainstay and is an airborne early warning aircraft with command and control capabilities and the ability to track up to 60 targets at a time.


Belarus, a staunch Russian ally, has allowed Moscow to use its territory to launch attacks on Ukraine, though so far holding off from getting directly involved in the war. The same report appeared in the Associated Press (AP), CNN, LA Times and Kyiv Independent.



"They were drones (that carried out the attack.) The participants of the operation are Belarusians," Aliaksandr Azarov, leader of Belarusian anti-government organization BYPOL, was quoted as saying on the organization's Telegram messaging app and on the Poland-based Belsat news channel.


BYPOL, which includes former law enforcement officers who support opposition politicians, has been branded a terrorist organization by Minsk. Belsat is a Polish broadcaster focused on Belarusian news that Minsk has also branded extremist.


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Franak Viacorka, an adviser to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, said in a post on Twitter that two Belarusian "partisans" had been involved in the attack on the Machulishchy air base outside Minsk.


He said the drones had damaged the front and central parts of the A-50 plane, including the aircraft's radar antenna and avionics. The two people who had carried out the attack were now safely outside Belarus, he said.


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There have been several acts of sabotage in Belarus and in Russian regions bordering Ukraine, especially on the railway system, since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.


The Belarusian human rights group Vyasna said that a woman was detained in Machulishchy, where the air base is located. It said it was unaware of the reason for the detention.





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