On December 1, Yuriy Ignat, the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, revealed this in an interview with journalist Dmytro Gordon.
![The Tu-160 and its missiles, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/e1f656a7bb302174.webp)
According to him, about thirty or forty russian aircraft have been concentrated at airbases in Belarus.
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"From Belarus, fighter jets rarely take off, but they still do. In russia, there is practically a military airfield in almost every city, and in Crimea, there are about five airfields," said the spokesman of the Air Force.
![russian Su-34 aircraft, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/eb2656a78b10f60c.jpg)
Ignat also listed the main combat aircraft in the arsenal of the russian Ministry of Defense:
- Tu-22 M3;
- Tu-95;
- Tu-160;
- Su-24;
- MiG-29;
- Su-30;
- Su-27;
- Su-34;
- Su-35;
- Su-25;
- helicopters Ka-52, Mi-24, Mi-28.
The Ministry of Defense in Britain has previously stated the real possibility that russia may take a greater risk by deploying the A-50 aircraft closer to the front line.
![The A-50 Mainstay Airborne Early Warning and Control Aircraft, Defense Express](/media/contentimages/fe5656a778de78a2.jpg)
Defense Express reported earlier, that British Minister Said russia Has Less Tu-22M3 and Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers Than Exists "On Paper".
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