Russians are building a new airfield near the border in the Belgorod region.

OSINT researcher RedIntelPanda reported about this on X (formerly Twitter).

The airport is being built near the village of Alexeyevka, about 70 km from the border with Ukraine.

The researcher published the relevant satellite images showing the stages of construction.

The facility itself is located about 9 km west of the village of Alexeyevka, where a logistics center is located to supply military units of the Russian military grouping “West”.

Satellite images show that preparatory work for construction began last year.

In July 2023, a road was laid to the future construction site. Over the following months, by the beginning of winter, the planning of the future runway was actually completed.

Following the winter thaw, work resumed around the beginning of April. As of April 27, 2024, a base layer or concrete pavement is being laid on the runway.

Using the Sentinel Hub, the researcher determined that the length of the strip was approximately 1800 meters.

This length is enough to accommodate various types of aircraft, including military transport An-26 or Su-25 attack aircraft, as well as helicopters.

The researcher found out that Alexeyevka lies in the zone where civilian flights over the territory of the Russian Federation are prohibited, which was introduced because of the invasion of Ukraine.

Therefore, RedIntelPanda assumes that the Russians are building this new airfield for military purposes. There were also no reports in the Russian media about the construction of a new civilian airport in the Belgorod region.