President Alexander Lukashenko likely continues to allow Russia access to the airspace of Belarusto express his support for Russian President Vladimir Putin without risking the consequences of direct Belarusian military involvement in Ukraine.
This is stated in the daily analysis of the Institute for the Study of War on the situation in Ukraine.
The Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the Ukrainian General Staff, Oleksiy Gromov, announced that the Belarusian government had handed over to Russia the use of Pribitki airport in Gomel region.
The independent Belarusian monitoring organization The Hajun Project reported on July 11 that a Russian Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft had entered Belarusian airspace for the first time since April 4.
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The Hajun Project noted that the Belarusian government has imposed new airspace restrictions along the border with Ukraine, where Russian AWACS patrolled between July 10 and 11.
Russian forces conducted limited and unsuccessful ground attacks northwest of Slavyansk and west of the city of Donetsk.
Russian forces continued to carry out air and artillery strikes in the area of Siversk and Bakhmut.
Russian forces conducted localized ground attacks northwest of the city of Kharkiv.
