Videofact: Russian Fighter "Destroyed" Belarusian Bridge Near Zhytkavichy

• 7.09.2018, 15:44

Although, it was solely in the piece on Lenta.ru.

A Russian Internet publication, Lenta.ru, used the explosion of the bridge in Zhytkavichy district as an illustration for a piece about the Su-57 fighter. However, fighters did not participate in this explosion, tut.by writes.

The video about the Su-57 appeared on the website several times. It describes the characteristics of the fighter. The video demonstrates the explosion of the bridge at four points. This explosion looks exactly like the dismantling of the dangerous bridge in Zhytkavichy district on the video footage of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus.

Onliner.by editor-in-chief Mikalai Kazlovich was the first one to draw attention to the similarity in his Twitter-account.

We remind that the road bridge over the Prypiats used to connect Turau and Zhytkavichy. On December 7, cracks appeared on the bridge, and it sagged. The bridge was closed for vehicles, and then for pedestrians, which paralyzed life and economy in the region.

Fighters were not involved in the explosion of the bridge in Zhytkavichy district. Specialists of the explosive technical service center of the Republican Special Forces Unit of the Ministry of Emergency Sitiations used more than a ton of explosives, it took them five days to get ready.

Su-57 - a promising Russian fighter of the fifth generation, it is designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. Serial deliveries of the Su-57 in combat units are scheduled to 2018-2019.

In the future, it is planned to install on the Su-57 the second stage engines ("Product 30"). Presumably, it will allow developing thrust in 107 kilo-units in cruising mode and 176 kilo-units in the afterburner mode. Also, there will be tests with combat technologies of the sixth generation – systems responsible for control, navigation, airborne weapons.