{"id":45884,"date":"2023-02-27T22:28:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T19:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/ukrainian-air-force-spokesman-maculiscy-blasts-great-news\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"ukrainian-air-force-spokesman-maculiscy-blasts-great-news","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45884\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Air Force spokesman: Ma\u010duli\u0161\u010dy blasts \u201cgreat news\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 27, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Sabotage at the Ma\u010duli\u0161\u010dy airfield near Minsk that supposedly destroyed Russia\u2019s early warning and control aircraft A-50 is \u201cgreat news for Ukraine,\u201d Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat has told Ukrainian television.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThis plane is constantly in the air&#8230; it conducts radar reconnaissance. It scans the territory while our air force units are working and determines their location. The A-50 also monitors the takeoff, landing and flight directions of our aircraft, and accompanies cruise missile attacks,\u201d Ihnat said (quotes rendered from Russian).<\/p>\n<p> According to him, the \u201cunique\u201d aircraft is \u201cvery important for combat operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cOur allies have such aircraft. Ukraine would also like to have such aircraft,\u201d the colonel said.<\/p>\n<p> On February 26, Telegram channels, including those monitoring military activity in Belarus, reported several explosions at the airfield, claiming that a Russian aircraft was damaged.<\/p>\n<p> According to Alaksandr Azara\u016d, who heads the ByPol association of former security officers, the act of sabotage was performed by several Belarusian partisans participating in the P\u0142an Pieramoha (Victory Plan). They used two drones to destroy the A-50 aircraft, he said.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThere were two explosions: in the nose and in the middle. All the people involved have fled abroad. The damage to the aircraft is such that it cannot be used any longer. We hope so, but let\u2019s wait and see,\u201d Azara\u016d told <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> The head of ByPol said \u0141uka\u0161enka had promised that the Russian troops in Belarus were safe, \u201cbut our work demonstrates that Belarus still has partisans and that not everyone is \u2018behind the baseboard,\u2019 as the security forces like to say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian authorities did not comment on reports of the incident. However, ahead of his February 28 visit to China, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka demanded that armed units be \u201cextremely disciplined.\u201d There were also reports of more thorough checks on the Polish-Belarusian border, car inspections around Ma\u010duli\u0161\u010dy and security forces\u2019&nbsp;visits to \u201cunreliable\u201d citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 27, BPN. Sabotage at the Ma\u010duli\u0161\u010dy airfield near Minsk that supposedly destroyed Russia\u2019s early warning and control aircraft A-50 is \u201cgreat news for Ukraine,\u201d Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat has told Ukrainian television. \u201cThis plane is constantly in the air&#8230; it conducts radar reconnaissance. 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