Helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force flew to Poland, and Lukashenka has been in Viskuli for 3 days already: what is happening on the Polish border?

August 2, 2023 00:09

Since the evening of July 30, Lukashenka has been in the Viskuli residence, which is 7.5 km from the border with Poland. For its protection in the border area with Poland, on July 29, 2 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force were deployed from Machulishchi, and the third flew to the border area the next day.

This morning, a large amount of information that we have verified has been circulating in the media, and we present below only the facts that we have verified.

The transfer of two helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force in the border area on July 29

Movement of Lukashenka and helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force to the Brest region (29.07 – 30.07.2023)Belarusian Gayun

On July 29, at around 17:00, two helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force flew from Machulishchi to the V / C area near the village of Kamenyuki: Mi-8 and Mi-24 (with tail number 14). They arrived in Kamenyuki around 18:30. Helicopters arrived there to protect the airspace of the Republic of Belarus during Lukashenka’s visit to the Viskuli residence.

Note that this is part of the standard procedure of recent years, exactlyit was the sameand in April of this year.

Lukashenka has been in Viskuli since July 30

The flight of Lukashenka and helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force in the Brest region (08/01/2023)Belarusian Gayun

On July 30, around 17:00, Lukashenka took off from his residence near Minsk in an Mi-8 helicopter, he was accompanied by a second Mi-8 of the Belarusian Air Force.

After about 1.5 hours, Lukashenka flew to the residence “Viskuli”, which is 7.5 km from the border with Poland , and the escort helicopter went to two other helicopters in the area of ​​​​the village of Kamenyuki. All day on July 31, Lukashenka was in Viskuli.

Morning August 1

At about 09:40, two helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force took off from the military unit in the village of Kamenyuki: Mi-24 (board number 14) and Mi-8, which flew to patrol the border in the Kamenetsky district of the Brest region.

Lukashenka’s helicopter took off from Viskuli at about 10:00 and went to ag. Belovezhsky, where he was accompanied by the Mi-8 Air Force of the Republic of Belarus. Around 12:30 Lukashenka returned to Viskuli, and all 3 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force landed in Kamenyuki.

Helicopters of the Air Force of the Republic of Belarus, patrolling the border, could well fly into the territory of Poland

Mi-24 VVS RBPhoto: wyborcza.pl

The first reports that two helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force crossed the border with Poland began to arrive at ~10:30 Minsk time.

At this time, the Mi-8 and Mi-24 were just patrolling the border. According to reports in social networks and the media, two helicopters were seen over the Polish village of Bialowieza, which is located 2 km from the border.

Laterappeareda photo showing that these are exactly the helicopters that participated in patrolling the border with Poland. On the Mi-24 of the Belarusian Air Force, tail number 14 can be seen . We were able to test one ofphotoand confirm that it was made in one in the village of Belovezha, 2.3 km from the border. Sameconfirmand users on Twitter.

We also note that a video of a Mi-2 helicopter is being circulated in the media, which is not related to the Belarusian Air Force, it is probably a Polish helicopter.

Were there any exercises in the border area with Poland that are written about in the media?

Photo Mi-24 and Mi-8 Air Force of the Republic of Belarus over PolandPhoto: @SluzbyObyvatel

No, there were no exercises in that area. And helicopters have nothing to do with any exercises, but flew to protect Lukashenka.

Why could helicopters fly into Poland?

We believe that the pilots of the Belarusian Air Force helicopters could well have flown into Poland, but everything indicates that this was done by accident.

A targeted provocation with two combat helicopters crossing the border would be an extremely dangerous step, given that Lukashenka is only + – 10 km away, and has been sleeping 7.5 km from the border for several days, including right now