During his trip to Belarus, Vladimir Putin is obviously very concerned about his safety. In order to minimize the risk of a possible downing, he apparently has three of his planes take off, only one of which lands with him in Minsk.
While the world continues to admire the courage of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who does not shy away from public appearances, visits to the hard-fought Bakhmut front, or a trip to Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin prefers to play it safe. He keeps his distance from other people even without long tables, trusts almost nobody and even with selected guests he doesn't bathe in the crowd.
Even on his trip to his closest ally, the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, Putin is probably very concerned about his personal safety. According to a Telegram contribution by the Belarusian activist Anton Motolko, together with the plane that took him from Saint Petersburg to Minsk, he had two other government aircraft take off at short intervals in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
According to the Telegram contribution, the fact that this was a diversionary maneuver is also supported by the fact that in addition to the Ilyushin, which later flew the Russian president to Belarus, another, fourth government aircraft was relocated to Saint Petersburg at the same time, but remained on the ground .
