Belarus may have been an afterthought in the west when it came to covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine. That was until some Belarusian partisans decided it was time to boogaloo. Their target? A ...

A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia struck an aircraft facility where a spy plane already previously targeted by Kyiv was being repaired. The Beriev Aircraft Company plant in the Rostov oblast city of ...

A Russian Beriev A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was detected over the waters of the Azov Sea on the morning of 19 January. Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, during ...

The Russians have not deployed any Beriev A-50 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) aircraft in several days, after Ukraine's Defence Forces downed the second such aircraft on 23 February near ...

Russians are "testing their luck" by flying a replacement A-50 spy plane over the Sea of Azov, days after Ukraine claimed to have shot one down, Ukraine's Air Force spokesperson said on Friday.

Russia’s loss of a second Beriev A-50 surveillance aircraft within as many months during operations near Ukraine will place additional pressure on its airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) ...

The Beriev A-50 is the backbone of Russian air operations over Ukraine. Credit: DOF/Alamy Stock Photo Ukrainian commanders claim to have downed a Russian Air Force Beriev A-50 "Mainstay" airborne ...

The Beriev A-50 (NATO reporting name “Mainstay”) was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and is based on the Ilyushin Il-76 transport. Developed to replace the Tupolev Tu-126 (NATO reporting ...

KYIV, Ukraine — The Ukrainian air force shot down a Russian Beriev A-50 early warning and control plane and an IL-22 command center aircraft in a significant blow for the Kremlin’s forces, Ukraine’s ...

David Axe writes about ships, planes, tanks, drones and missiles. Ukrainian air-defenses reportedly shot down two of the Russian air force’s rarest and most valuable command aircraft on Sunday: a ...

The Ukrainian air force claimed it has shot down 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days: nine of the Russian air force’s best Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-35 fighter-bombers and also a rare Beriev A-50 radar ...

Ukraine said on Monday it had destroyed a Russian Beriev A-50 spy plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post in the Sea of Azov area, dealing a blow to Russian military operations in occupied ...