The transfer of military equipment to Belarus was previously reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Attack aircraft and air defense systems are planned to be used in the exercises, the start of which is scheduled for February 10
Agency Reuters published taken satellite images of military equipment in Belarus, located near the Ukrainian border. The images were provided to the agency by Maxar Technologies.
The photos were taken on February 4 near the city of Yelsk (less than 20 km from the border with Ukraine), Rechitsa (55 km from the border) and Luninets (50 km). Maxar Technologies was able to identify 15 Su-25 attack aircraft and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems at the Luninets airfield in the images. Near Yelsk, photographs showed the presence of Iskander missile systems and multiple launch rocket systems.
Reuters emphasizes that the journalists could not verify the authenticity of the photographs. RBC sent a request to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The Russian Ministry of Defense previously officially reported about the transfer of forces and military equipment to the Brest and Gomel regions. For example, on February 5, the Ministry of Defense published a release stating that Su-25SM attack aircraft of the Eastern Military District, stationed in Primorye, were deployed to the Brest region of Belarus to participate in the exercises. On the transfer of S-400 complexes from the Far East of the Ministry of Defense reported at the end of January: first, they reached the loading station in the Khabarovsk Territory under their own power, and then they were sent to Belarus on platforms. “Upon arrival at the places where training tasks are performed, Russian military personnel will carry out equipment and camouflage of launch positions, maintenance of equipment and will take up combat training for air defense as part of the Unified Regional Air Defense System of Belarus and Russia,” the military department reported.