{"id":43423,"date":"2022-08-21T17:23:14","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T14:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/russia-moves-air-defenses-to-belarus-ukraines-general-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"russia-moves-air-defenses-to-belarus-ukraines-general-staff","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/43423\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia moves air defenses to Belarus \u2013 Ukraine\u2019s General Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>August 21, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Russia is moving air defense units into Belarus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 General Staff has reported.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe movement of the Russian&nbsp;Armed Forces\u2019 air defense equipment to Belarus\u2019 territory is noted in the Volyn and Polissya axes,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe threat of the enemy\u2019s missile and air strikes from the country\u2019s territory and airspace continues to persist,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p> On August 16, Russia attacked a military airfield in the Zhytomyr region with two X-59 missiles from a Su-34 fighter bomber, which took off from Belarus\u2019 territory.<\/p>\n<p> On the same day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 commander-in-chief, Gen Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, said the deployment of missile systems along the Belarus border was a concern. He specifically pointed at the Ziabra\u016dka airfield, Homiel region.<\/p>\n<p> The Ukrainian authorities say Russa may launch a massive missile attack on August 24, when their country will celebrate Independence Day.<\/p>\n<p> On February 24, Russia started its full-scale war against Ukraine. Authorities in Minsk deny Belarusian army troops\u2019 involvement in combat operations on the Russian side. However, Belarus allowed Russian troops and weapons to move freely through the country, use its airspace, refuel and store military equipment and attack Ukraine from its territory.<\/p>\n<p> A 20,000-strong grouping of Russian forces crossed into Ukraine from Belarus at the outset of the war, \u0141uka\u0161enka told <span>AFP <\/span>in an interview on July 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 21, BPN. Russia is moving air defense units into Belarus, the Ukrainian Armed Forces\u2019 General Staff has reported. \u201cThe movement of the Russian&nbsp;Armed Forces\u2019 air defense equipment to Belarus\u2019 territory is noted in the Volyn and Polissya axes,\u201d it said. \u201cThe threat of the enemy\u2019s missile and air strikes from the country\u2019s territory and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-43423","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russia moves air defenses to Belarus \u2013 Ukraine\u2019s General Staff | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 21, BPN. 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