At the airfield in Machulishchi, Belarus, a Russian MiG-31K fighter jet went out of action due to a fire.
What is known
On December 13, threeaircraft. One of them caught fire on 25 December. This was reported by the Belarusian monitoring group "Belarusian Gayun". According to them, the fighter failed as a result of an engine fire.
The degree of damage to the Russian fighter has not yet been specified. There is also no information about how disabled it is. The aircraft with registration number RF-95194 was damaged.
MiG-31K is a carrier of hypersonic missiles"Dagger", which can reach speeds of more than 5 Machs (6174 km / h) and are a modification of the Iskander ballistic missile. The air defense system of Ukraine cannot shoot down such missiles. However, Russia uses them very rarely.