Two long-range Russian Tu-22M3 bombers carried out patrols in the airspace of Belarus. This was announced on Saturday, February 5, by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
“Two long-range Tu-22M3 bombers of the Aerospace Forces performed patrols in the airspace of the Republic of Belarus,” the report says.
During the flight, questions were worked out on solving joint tasks with aviation and air defense forces of the armed forces of Belarus. The flight duration was about four hours.
Russian Tu-22M3 returned to the home airfield in Russia.
On January 11, Russian and Belarusian pilots conducted a joint patrol of the borders of the Union State on SU-30SM fighters. Earlier, on January 5, Belarus and Russia conducted the first joint patrol of the borders of the Union State in 2022.
Prior to that, on December 18, Russia sent Tu-22MZ long-range bombers to Belarus to jointly patrol the Belarusian state border.
On December 17, Deputy State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus, Major General Vladimir Archakov, said that United States Air Force aircraft were conducting electronic reconnaissance throughout the entire depth of the territory of Belarus.
According to him, the US contingent near the Belarusian-Polish border has about 4 thousand people. At the same time, the States, under an agreement dated August 15, 2020 on enhanced defense cooperation between the United States and Poland, can increase the contingent by another 1 thousand people, as well as improve the existing military infrastructure to accommodate about 20 thousand American military personnel.
Prior to that, on November 29, the head of the Belarusian Defense Ministry, Viktor Khrenin, said that the situation near the western and southern borders of Belarus was heating up. Minsk is forced to plan retaliatory measures. In addition, Khrenin noted that NATO countries are building up the potential of the armed forces near the borders of Belarus: they are deploying military formations and purchasing modern weapons.
Source: IZ
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