Belarus’ special operations units have their own take on what that entails. Aug. 2 is Airborne Forces Day in Belarus, as well as Russia and Kazakhstan. It’s a celebration of airborne units but ...

From June 23 to 27, large-scale flight-tactical exercises are taking place in Belarus, involving the Air Force and Air ...

Daugavpils (Latvia) May 17, 2025 (ANI): NATO's paratroopers carried out a high-profile airborne operation near the Belarus border in Latvia on Friday (May 16) as part of "Swift Response 25 ...

A clip shows a drone as it lands on the radar dome of a Russian A-50 parked in Belarusian airport. On Feb. 26, 2023, the news spread that a Russian Beriev A-50U Mainstay airborne early warning ...

Russian plane destroyed near Minsk airfield: Belarus opposition. ... The Beriev A-50 aircraft is a Russian airborne early warning aircraft with the ability to track up to 60 targets at a time.

When Russia held large-scale military exercises in Belarus in February, the two countries described them as defensive in nature, aimed at repelling outside aggression, namely from Ukraine and NATO.

Therefore, either we will use this historical chance and become a prosperous European country, or we will lose everything, and the name of the Republic of Belarus will remain only in books. First of ...

In Belarus, the MiG-31K took to the air, but the A-50 do not accompany them this time, ... But another thing is noteworthy. After all, the MiG-31K flies without being escorted by the airborne early ...

He described the A-50 as an airborne command centre used for directing Russian air strikes. ... Mr Lukashenko allowed Russian troops to launch into Ukraine through Belarus.

Ivan Lemeshev went to the front at the age of 17 as a volunteer and fought until the Victory. In 1945, he took part in two ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday along with his defense and foreign ministers, fanning fears in Kyiv that he intends to pressure his ex-Soviet ally to join a fresh ground ...