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On the night of September 5, Ukrainian drones violated Belarusian airspace. At about 1.30 am local time, residents of the city of Gomel heard two explosions and at least one inflamed object falling in the skies. The targets were reportedly moving from the Ukrainian territory. It turned out, that the Belarusian air defense forces intercepted Ukrainian UAVs.
Minsk confirmed the incident. Commander of the General Staff Sergey Frolov declared that at night the violation of the state border of the Republic of Belarus was recorded. The airspace was presumably violated by UAVs. The Belarusian military made a decision to destroy the targets. All of them were destroyed.
As a result of the fall of an allegedly downed UAV, a brick warehouse building in Gomel on 8th Ilyich Lane caught fire.
The official report did not reveal the number of destroyed UAVs and did not officially confirm that they were Ukrainian. The Belarusian military is reportedly studying the wreckage of the destroyed targets. One of the intercepted UAVs reportedly crashed outside the city. The local reports confirm two loud explosions. According to them at least one or two drones were destroyed.
In their turn, Russian air defense forces destroyed at least seven Ukrainian drones in the Russian border regions. A rocket of the Soviet-made Olkha MLRS an two UAVs were destroyed in the Belgorod region, three more drones were destroyed in the Kursk region, and two more UAVs were intercepted in the Bryansk region. Two Ukrainian unmanned boats were destroyed by Russian forces in the northeastern waters of the Black Sea. LINK
The list of Ukrainian military provocations against Belarus is long. This is the second violation of the Belarusian airspace by Ukrainian UAVs in recent weeks. Belarusian border guards often intercept Ukrainian drones over their territory, including numerous reconnaissance drones destroyed near the border, which are rarely covered in the media. The reconnaissance drones are launched by small Ukrainian reconnaissance groups like Georgia, Partisan, Vovchak, Hmara, Shaman etc. which belong to the 103th separate reconnaissance battalion operating near the Belarusian border and other units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian drones attacked Belarusian military airfield near Minsk in February 2023.
The Ukrainian military attempts operations by small sabotage groups on the Belarusian territory. For example, on eof them was successfully detained by Belarusian forces.
In addition, Ukrainian border guards and miners from the Territorial defense are having fun destroying Belarusian border signs.
Kyiv is still afraid of the possible opening of new front in the north of Ukraine. That’s why thr Ukrainian military command is forced to holds a large military group on the border with Belarus. According to various estimations, the Armed Forces of Ukraine concentrated several brigades of about 120,000 servicemen in the area.
In addition, the Ukrainian military is building fortifications near the Belarusian border, has mined all roads and adjacent territories.
On September 4, Ukrainian government excluded the area of 50 meters near the Belarusian border from the exclusion zone established after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. According to Kyiv, the decision was necessary to assure the defense of the state border. As well as to deploy military forces there.
In response to Ukrainian provocations, the Belarusian military has recently deployed large forces in the border areas. Zelensky and other Ukrainian authorities began complaining about provocations from Minsk, officially declaring that the Ukrainian side had never taken any hostile actions against its northern neighbor.
