Belarusian rebels attack Russian A-50U AEW&C aircraft at military base

A Belarusian rebel group has claimed it has blown up a Beriev A-50U Mainstay airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft belonging to the Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) during a drone attack on an air base in Belarus. In a statement released on Telegram, the Belarusian monitoring organisation, Belarus Gayun (BYPOL), said partisans had successfully destroyed the radar and sensor arrays on an A-50U Mainstay during an attack on the base on February 26, claiming that the Russian aircraft “definitely