Ukrainian Pilot Explains Why Lukashenka's Words About A-50U AWACS Are Lies
- 7.03.2023, 18:56
The board blown up in Machulishchy can be dismantled for spare parts.
Today, Lukashenka publicly confirmed for the first time the damage to a Russian aircraft in Machulishchy, calling it a “terrorist attack”. He blamed a “Ukrainian saboteur”, the SBU, and the CIA for this.
The website Charter97.org asked Colonel of the Reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, pilot-instructor Roman Svitan to comment on the situation with the aircraft and Lukashenka's statements.
— The operation to destroy the Russian military aircraft in “Machulishchy” by the Belarusian partisans was excellent. They prepared and performed the operation with the means that were available. Well done! The plane was damaged, it will take a long time to repair it. The general task has been completed.
This aircraft is a flying command post that could control the flights and guidance of fighters, and adjust missile attacks. The destruction of such a command post benefited Ukrainian troops and civilians who were subjected to rocket attacks from the air.
Lukashenka is now playing a certain game after a trip to Xi Jinping in China. Most likely, he received the task from the Chinese to escalate the situation. At least in the information field. Therefore, the task was set for the Russian-Belarusian KGB to falsify some evidence, and then begin to escalate the situation.
Moreover, Lukashenka entered the information space not quite correctly. He started insulting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. That was in vain. After such statements, Lukashenka will definitely, together with Putin, be responsible for the escalation a year ago. He is an accomplice in the murders in Bucha, Irpin, which were committed by the units that came from Belarus. A lot of people got hurt. Lukashenka is the same criminal as Putin. The same fate awaits him — a trial, if he lives long enough to see it.
— Lukashenka also said that the plane “did not suffer any significant damage, except for scratches and one hole in the hull”. What do you think of it?
— If the AWACS A-50U had one hole in the hull, then no one would take it anywhere. It would carry out its combat missions. I can unequivocally say that it received damage incompatible with the continuation of being on combat duty on this side. That was precisely the task — to put it out of action for a certain time.
The fact that it was taken to a repair plant means that the Belarusian partisans completed the task. Definitely, the locator was damaged, but the Russians do not have this element of the base. They cannot replace it. These are those foreign systems that they cannot purchase. For the Russians, this is an irreparable loss. Most likely, it is this side that can be restored if certain parts and mechanisms are removed from other sides. Or they can put this board under disassembly and it will become a donor of spare parts for other aircraft. This will be decided already in Taganrog.