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As part of the ongoing Belarusian-Russian air force exercise aerial units from all airfields of the Air Force and Air Defense Command continue carrying out assigned missions.
Eleven people were killed during strikes on Thursday morning but 47 out of 55 rockets were shot down.
The flight crews are practicing combat deployment in the Ruzhansky military training area where aviation is supposed to suppress air defenses, destroy command posts, assembled equipment and personnel of the simulated enemy.
The key purpose of the exercise is to improve operational compatibility of Belarusian and Russian aerial units. They will have to carry out a broad range of combat training tasks.
According to the source, air defense missile units have been deployed in designated areas and have assumed combat duty.