Almost all Russian helicopters have left Belarus, says Belarusian Hajun monitoring group
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A group of ten helicopters of the Russian Air Force took off from the Machulyshchi airfield in Belarus early on Aug. 5, significantly reducing the Russian Air Force’s presence in the Kremlin’s neighboring client state, the Belarusian Hajun monitoring group reported on Telegram.
According to Belarusian Hajun’s information, four Russian Mi-8 helicopters and six Mi-24 helicopters have now left Belarus.
The helicopters reportedly flew in a southeasterly direction and were later spotted over the Mogilev region of Belarus, before crossing the border into Russia and landing at Seshcha air base in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, which borders Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts.
"Thus, the aviation group of the Russian Air Force in Belarus was significantly reduced this morning,” the Belarusian Hajun message reads.
“We will remind (readers) that there were at least 11 helicopters of the Russian Air Force in Belarus.”
In addition, during their stay in Belarus, one of the Russian helicopters was destroyed — in June, a Mi-24 helicopter of the Russian Air Force crashed near Ivatsevichy, in southwestern Belarus.
It is assumed that 20 Russian servicemen left the territory of Belarus on the helicopters.
Earlier, the spokesman of the State Border Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, reported that Russia had withdrawn almost all of its troops from Belarus.
According to him, this happens as part of regular Russian troop rotations.
Demchenko did not rule out that in the near future additional Russian units may be re-deployed on the territory of Belarus, but this has not been observed at the moment.
Before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the regime of the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko allowed Russian troops to mass on Belarusian territory, from where they launched their failed attempt to capture the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
The Russian military also launched missile strikes on Ukrainian cities from the territory of Belarus, and Ukraine considers Belarus to be an aggressor state, like Russia.
Belarusian troops have not yet taken a direct part in hostilities, but Ukraine fears that Minsk may still use its armed forces to support a second Russian attack on Kyiv from the north.
However, the Commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhii Naev, said that the threat of a new attack from Belarus is currently low.
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