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Russian media: Russia transfers MiG-31 aircraft equipped with Kinzhal missiles close to Lithuania, Poland

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Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on Aug. 18 citing the country’s Defense Ministry that three Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor aircraft equipped with Kinzhal missiles have been relocated to the Chkalovsk airfield located in the city of Kaliningrad, which borders Lithuania and Poland. Russia used Kinzhal missiles — the newest type of air-to-surface missiles that it has in its arsenal — in its attack on Vinnytsia Oblast on Aug. 7, according to the Air Force of Ukraine.

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