Russia sends two nuclear-capable strategic bombers on a training mission over Belarus for a second straight day
A long-range Tu-22M3 bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces flies to patrol the airspace over Belarus.
The Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Thursday two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers practiced bombing runs at the Ruzany firing range, located in Belarus about 60 kilometers east of the border with Poland. A pair of Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bombers flew a similar patrol on Wednesday, and Belarusian air defense assets practiced intercepting them. Poland of an “unprecedented” military buildup on the border, saying that migration control did not warrant the concentration of 15,000 troops backed by tanks, air defense assets and other weapons.
"We have to constantly monitor the situation at the border. Let them squeak, let them shout. Yes, these are bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons. But we have no other option. We must see what they are doing there beyond the borders," Lukashenko said.
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