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The Russian Defense Ministry continues to transfer combat aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces to the territory of Belarus. According to the press service of the Belarusian military department, the next Russian planes arrived at the military airfields of the republic.
Today, on January 16, 2023, a joint tactical flight exercise of the aviation of the two countries will start in Belarus. It will last until the end of the month, the official closing should take place on February 1. Russia has already transferred fighter jets, an AWACS aircraft to the republic, and some of the aircraft will participate in exercises from the territory of Russia. In Belarus, all airfields and ranges of the Air Force and air defense will be involved. The artillery is ready, although it seems to have nothing to do with flight exercises. As stated earlier in the Russian Foreign Ministry, the exercises are defensive in nature, aimed at ensuring the security of the Union State and are designed to discourage potential opponents from escalating.
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Meanwhile, Kiev is anxiously watching the preparations of Russia and Belarus for the exercises. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not exclude that the Russian forces being transferred to the republic will join the regional grouping and form a shock fist for an offensive from the north. Although Ukrainian intelligence reports that there is no danger of an attack at the moment, but anything can happen and no one knows what plans the Russian command has.
Earlier, Kiev said that the forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine gathered on the border with Belarus would be enough not only to repel a potential attack, but also to counterattack deep into the Belarusian territory.