MINSK, March 2. /TASS/. Russia’s A-50 early warning and control aircraft is on duty at Machulishchy air base near Minsk, the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"The Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft is on duty at Machulishchy airfield," its statement said, accompanied by the plane’s photographs on the airfield’s landing strip.

Earlier, a number of Belarusian and Russian web media outlets reported alleged damage to the plane. On Wednesday, the Belarusian TV broadcast footage of the intact plane.