Light airplanes ordered to be shot from machine guns (Video)

A response of the Belarusian military to the "bear airdrop" has been shown on Belarusian television.

In the TV-program "Arsenal" on August 5 was a proposal to shoot down light airplanes by machine gun, installed in helicopter Mi-8 cargo compartment. Board technician will be responsible for shooting.

Training of the on-board technicians of the 181st combat helicopter military base also was shown in the broadcast.

For what it's done, one can only speculate. As far as the website charter97.org know, so far all the orders and instructions prohibit to open fire on passenger and light airplanes. Are these orders canceled?

As the website charter97.org reported, on July 4 the Swedish aircraft flew through the Belarusian-Lithuanian border unnoticed by the Air Defense system. Over the Ivyanets city and outskirts of Minsk the crew dropped teddy bears with flyers in support of freedom of speech in Belarus. The Belarusian authorities did not recognize the fact of flight until July 26, stating that "the check is going on." In the meantime, Anton Suryapin, who posted pictures of the teddy bears found near Ivyanets on the internet, and Sergei Basharimau, the realtor, who rented an apartment to Swedes in Minsk, had been detained.

After this Lukashenka dismissed the Chairman of the State Border Committee, Major-General Igor Raczkowski and Commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces, Major-General Dmitry Pahmelkin. Stefan Eriksson, the ambassador of Sweden in Belarus was expelled from Belarus.