A group of Belarusian Air Force aircraft took off this morning from the Belarusian Machulyshchi airport. Subsequently, the air raid alert was sounded throughout Ukraine. These are: Mikoyan MiG-31K "Kinzhaliv" military warfare plane, an Ilyushin Il-76 strategic airlifter and an Airborne Early Warning and Control (Aew&Ccs), a Beriev A-50 "Serhiy Atayants", according to reports today the information site "Kyiv Independent".

Russian forces have launched several small-scale assaults in the past 48 hours in Bakhmut (Donetsk region) and the town of Svatove (Luhansk region), London's defense ministry said. Furthermore, according to British intelligence, some Russian tanks deployed in Belarus are also likely conducting training missions, but would not be ready for combat yet.