The Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that Russian aircraft launched an airstrike on the Belarusian settlement of Kopani, located near the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, in order to draw the army of the Republic of Belarus into the war with Ukraine.

" 30, information was received from the State Border Service that Russian planes took off from the Dubrovitsa airfield (Belarus), entered the territory of Ukraine, turned around over our. Gorodichi and Tumeni, after which they inflicted a fire defeat on the settlement of Kopani (Belarus),"

It is reported that at the moment the 9th border detachment is observing the occupation of this settlement by the enemy.

" The goal is to draw the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus into the war with Ukraine,"

Ukrainian border guards note that SU attack aircraft, flying into the territory of Ukraine from Belarus, bombarded Ukrainian territory, after which they launched air raids on the territory of Belarus.

The flight of 2 planes from a neighboring state was recorded by border patrols, at the site of the Dubrovitsa department of the Rivne region.

Self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met with Russian President Vladimir Putin today. Lukashenko said that allegedly Ukraine was preparing to attack the common troops of Russia and Belarus on the territory of Belarus.

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The Russian side uses Belarus as a springboard for air strikes on Ukraine.