Air-raid siren sounded across Ukraine: MiG fighter took off in Belarus
An air-raid siren was sounded throughout Ukraine on 20 January.
Source: air-raid map, Belaruski Hajun [an independent Belarusian military monitoring media outlet]
Details: The Belarusian outlet reports that an AWACS aircraft, a support fighter, and a MiG-31K capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles have taken off in Belarus.
In particular, the A-50U AWACS aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces with the registration number RF-50608 took off at 12:12 from Machulishchy airfield, Belarus.
At 12:23, a support fighter took off from Baranavichy, Belarus.
At 12:35, MiG-31K of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from Machulishchy.
Update: At 14:25, it started to sound the all-clear throughout Ukraine. The alert had lasted for a little over an hour and forty minutes.
Background: Joint flight and tactical exercise of the Armed Forces of Belarus and the Russian Federation in Belarus is ongoing. On the morning of 19 January, an air-raid siren was sounded throughout Ukraine. The alert lasted for over 1.5 hours. According to a video posted by the Belarusian Defence Ministry, on that day, Russian MiG-31K fighters armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles had taken off in Belarus.
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