New Cold War: Russian Su-30SM now patrolling the sky over Belarus, wargames on the ground underway

On 07FEB2022, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that its Sukhoi 30SMs are now patrolling the sky over Belarus.

Russian Defense Ministry video released on 07FEB2022:

The Su-30SM ‘Irkutsk’ is a two seat multi-role combat aircraft that can trace its lineage back to the older single seat Su-27.

On 02FEB2022, it was reported that the ground force wargames in Belarus had begun:

New Cold War:

Su-35S of the Eastern Military District were deployed to Belarus, 26JAN2022. Photo via Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

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