On December 14, Belarus began a sudden inspection of the regular air defense forces. The rotation of the Russian military at the Mozyr airfield was also recorded.
Inspection of Air defence and Air Force forces in Belarus
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus reported that units of the anti-aircraft missile and radio engineering troops "have advanced to the designated areas" and "started to carry out combat missions."
They added that the S-300, S-400 air missile and low-altitude Rosa-RB radar systems were used.
According to the ministry, personnel must "identify and conditionally destroy control targets during the inspection."
Rotation of the Russian military at the Mozyr airfield
"Belarusian Hayun" reports that on December 14, an An-12 military transport aircraft of the Russian Air Force flew from Gomel Airport to the Russian Federation
According to the information from the monitoring project, the plane brought and took away Russian soldiers.
It is normal practice to rotate military contingents outside their own country. It should be emphasized, however, that the Russian military at the airfield "Bokiv" ("Mozyr") do not have any legal status (for example, a military base, training and combat center, etc).
According to "Belarusian Hajun", the total number of Russian military personnel who may be at the airfield is up to 300 people. It is assumed that the rotation affected approximately 80 people.
At least one air missile division armed with S-300/400 air defence systems has been deployed at the Mozyr airfield.
