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Ukrainian air force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat has appeared on Ukrainian television attempting to clarify media reports that missiles are fired into Ukraine from Belarus, by saying that while Russian planes are freely using Belarus airspace, missiles are being launched from within Russia.

Ukrinform reports he told viewers :

It [the missile] was launched from a MiG-31K aircraft from the Tambov area. As it flies along the route, at the crossroads of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, it enters Belarusian airspace, and there are no problems for the Russians here.

If a missile flies and enters Belarusian airspace, it appears somewhere over Belarus and flies in the direction of the Khmelnytskyi region, accordingly the person on duty will write ‘A Kinzhal is flying from the direction of Belarus.’ That’s all, and there is no need to manipulate the headlines that missiles are flying from Belarus.

Russia has been actively using Belarusian airspace since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Their troops, planes, Wagner forces are there, so there’s nothing new here.