"Is crucial for the Russian Federation": British intelligence estimated the scale of A-50 aircraft loss
According to experts, after the explosion at the Belarusian airfield in the system will remain six good aircraft of this model, which will lead to even more restriction of air attacks of the Russian Federation. The loss of a Russian aircraft of a distant radar detection of A-50U due to a blast on the airfield in Belarus would be significant for the Aviation of the Russian Federation on February 26. This was stated by British intelligence in the construction of February 28.
The department said that DRLS A-50U is crucial for Russian air operations to provide a complete picture of airspace. According to experts, there will now remain six good aircraft of this model. This will lead to an even greater restriction of Russian air attacks.
In the morning of February 26, Belarusian publications reported that at the military aerodrome in the village of Machulyshchi near Minsk, where the planes take off for the task of strikes in the territory of Ukraine, explosions were erupted. Eyewitnesses reported that two explosions occurred in the area of the military facility. Later, the Belarusian opposition project by BYPol wrote that the Russian A-50U Russian aircraft was blown up.