A video released featuring a drone flight over a Russian A-50U aircraft in Belarus

A video of a quadcopter flying over a Russian A-50U long-range radar detection and control aircraft at an airfield in Belarus was posted online.

The video was published by the Belarusian BYPOL community.

It is stated that the video shows the quadcopter approaching the runway of the Machulishchy military air base and the drone flying directly above the Russian A-50U aircraft, which was based there.

It should be noted that the Machulishchy air base is located 12 km away from Minsk. This Belarusian air base is actively used by Russian aviation for the war with Ukraine.

BYPOL stated that Belarusian resistance had been conducting aerial reconnaissance at the Machulishchy military air base for two weeks using the civilian drones.

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“During one of the successful reconnaissance operations, the drone not only flew inside the territory of the airfield and flew near the Russian A-50U airborne early warning and control aircraft, but even landed on its radar station,” BYPOL stated.

Explosions at the Machulishchy air base

On February 26, information on the explosions at the Machulishchy air base was released.

The Belarusian BYPOL community stated that resistance used drones to damage the equipment at the air base. Damage to the front and central part of the aircraft was reported.

On February 28, satellite images capturing the plane were published online. However, according to this photo, the aircraft did not suffer significant damage: it lacked specific traces that could have been there from a fire or explosion.

On March 1, BYPOL reported that two drones DJI-manufactured were used to attack the Russian A-50U. They were converted into Kamkadze drones: each carried 200 grams of TNT-equivalent explosives, BYPOL noted.

On March 2, the Russian A-50U airborne early warning and control aircraft with registration number RF-50608 crossed the Russian Federation and Belarus border.

According to preliminary information, the aircraft is headed to the 325th Aviation Repair Plant in Taganrog. It is there that the equipment of A-50 is repaired.