A new military airfield is being built in the village of Alekseevka, Belgorod Region, 75 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
Source. This was stated by OSINT analyst RedIntelPanda.
According to him, the road to this place was paved in July 2023. A runway is currently under construction with a length of about 1800 metres, which is enough for various military aircraft, including Su-25 attack aircraft and Il-76 military transport aircraft.
According to the analyst, in July 2023, a road was laid to the site, by the beginning of winter the runway planning was almost completed, and in April the paving began.
"The work resumed after the winter thaw. On 27 April 2024, the base layer or the pavement itself is being laid on the runway," the post says.
Alekseevka is located within the no-fly zone established during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Alekseevka has already become a Russian logistics hub for the military operations in Ukraine. One of the aspects of this process is the transportation and storage of fuel, the OSINT researcher notes.
Meanwhile, Mark Krutov, editor of the Radio Liberty news service, published a satellite image of a military airfield that is allegedly being built in the Belgorod region.
In doing so, the journalists confirmed the information that appeared on social media.
According to Radio Liberty, an important logistics centre of the Russian Armed Forces is located in Alekseevka, Belgorod region.