Russia uses about 40 airfields for air strikes on Ukraine, five or six of them are in Belarus, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force Command, Yuriy Ihnat, has said at a briefing, Ukrinform reports.
"There are at least five or six main airfields used by Russia to pose a certain threat from this direction. In total, Russia uses about 40 airfields for attacks in Ukraine. That is, in order to deploy their tactical aviation, their aviation group. Not only tactical aviation, but also helicopters, transporters, fighters, bombers and attack aircraft," Ihnat said.
According to him, Russians are not leaving Belarusian airfields. Their planes are in the airspace of Belarus.
In particular, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, an aircraft or several A-50 radar detection aircraft have been flying there, tracking all air targets on the territory of Ukraine. It works in combination with IL-22 repeater aircraft. There is also MiG-31.
"Russian tactical aviation is also constantly at the airfields of Belarus," he added.