Belarusian BYPOL saboteurs released another video, this one claiming to be the actual bomb drone attack against a Russian A-50 early warning and control (AEW&C) plane that was supposedly damaged on a Belarus airstrip. We published a similar video yesterday in which a drone flies out to the plane, briefly lands on it, and flies away... which may have been a dry run for the actual attack. This second video is more convincing as it ends in abrupt static, similar to some other kamikaze drone videos.

The plane was able to fly back to Russia on March 1, but the dome portion of the aircraft which was targeted contains advanced electronic warfare components and was likely heavily damaged if the device was legitimately detonated as claimed. BYPOL's incremental release of these clips suggests there may be hope for 3rd person view footage of the blast.

These two videos have demonstrated that the Russian military may not be as secure to operate within Belarus as previously thought.

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