Ubufaransa bwatangaje ko indege yabwo y’intambara yo mu bwoko bwa Rafale yakoze igikorwa cyo gukurikirana no kugenzura indege y’Uburusiya yo mu bwoko bwa Tupolev Tu-214 mu kirere cya Baltique.
Ku wa 16 Kanama 2026, Ingabo zirwanira mu Kirere z’Ubufaransa zashyize ahagaragara ifoto igaragaza Rafale iri hafi y’indege y’Uburusiya.
Iyi foto yasohotse mu gihe Ubufaransa bwatangaga amakuru ku musanzu wabwo muri gahunda ya NATO Baltic Air Policing, igamije kurinda ikirere cy’ibihugu bya Baltique.
Rafale z’Abafaransa zari muri Lithuania
Igikorwa cyakozwe mu rwego rwa NATO Baltic Air Policing, aho indege z’intambara z’Ubufaransa zari zishingiye ku kibuga cy’indege cya Šiauliai muri Lithuania, kuva ku wa 1 Mata kugeza ku wa 31 Nyakanga 2026.
Muri icyo gihe, indege z’Abafaransa zakoze amasaha agera kuri 540 mu kirere, zitangizwa inshuro 39 mu bikorwa nyakuri byo kugenzura no gukurikirana indege, ndetse n’izindi nshuro 69 mu bikorwa by’imyitozo.
Iyi gahunda ya NATO igamije kurinda ikirere cya Lithuania, Latvia na Estonia, ibihugu bitatu bya Baltique bidafite ubushobozi buhagije bwo gukomeza kugira indege z’intambara zibirindira ikirere igihe cyose.
Indege y’Uburusiya ikekwaho gukoreshwa na FSB
Indege yakurikiranywe yari ifite nimero RA-64534, ikaba ari ubwoko bwa Tu-214PU, indege yagenewe ibikorwa byo kuyobora, guhuza no gutumanaho.
Abasesenguzi b’ibijyanye n’indege bavuga ko iyi ndege ikoreshwa n’urwego rw’Uburusiya rushinzwe umutekano, FSB, kandi ko ishobora gukoreshwa mu gutwara abayobozi bakuru b’uru rwego.
Umusesenguzi w’ibijyanye n’indege, Piotr Butowski, yavuze ko indege igaragara ku ifoto yari ifite uburyo bwo kuyirinda ibitero bya laser buzwi nka LSZ-100.
Butowski kandi yavuze ko uburyo nk’ubu bwo kwirinda bukoreshwa ku ndege zimwe na zimwe zifitanye isano n’ingendo za Perezida w’Uburusiya, Vladimir Putin.
Icyakora, ibi bisobanuro byatanzwe n’umusesenguzi w’indege, bityo bikwiye gutandukanywa n’amakuru yemejwe ku mugaragaro n’ubutegetsi bw’Ubufaransa.
NATO ikomeje gukurikiranira hafi ikirere cya Baltique
Gukurikirana iyi ndege y’Uburusiya bibaye mu gihe ibikorwa by’indege za gisirikare z’Uburusiya mu karere ka Baltique bikomeje gukurikiranwa cyane na NATO.
Gahunda ya Baltic Air Policing ni imwe mu ngamba NATO ikoresha mu kurinda ikirere cy’ibihugu byayo byo mu karere ka Baltique, cyane cyane nyuma y’uko umutekano w’u Burayi wiyongereyeho impungenge kuva u Burusiya bwatangira intambara muri Ukraine.
Kuba Rafale y’Ubufaransa yarakurikiranye Tu-214 y’Uburusiya bigaragaza uko ibihugu bya NATO bikomeje gukaza umurego mu gukurikirana ibikorwa by’indege za gisirikare z’Uburusiya muri aka karere gafatwa nk’ingenzi ku mutekano w’u Burayi.
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