Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko inadvertently confirmed on Monday that four military aircraft had been shot down over Russia last week near the borders of Ukraine and Belarus, saying Minsk had responded by putting its armed forces on high alert.
The incident came as Ukraine prepares for a counter-offensive against Russia’s invading forces.[R]
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The command of the Belarusian Air Defense Force has commissioned additional units and means to reinforce the protection of the country’s airspace, the commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Force, Andrey Lukyanovich, has said.
"At the moment additional forces and means are being commissioned. We have 750 to 1,000 men in our branch of the armed forces on duty every day. After the incidents in Russia our forces have been put on the highest alert. This concerns the anti-aircraft missile forces, radio-technical units and aviation," BelTA news agency quotes Lukyanovich as saying.
On Monday, during a visit to the Central Command Post of the Air Force and Air Defense Force, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the country's Air Defense Force had been on high combat alert for three days after aircraft crashed near the border with Ukraine in the Bryansk region. [T]
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