The self-proclaimed president of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, said that he was aware of cases when russian attack drones flew into the airspace. He explained this by the inexperience of the russian military and the effect on drones of electronic warfare systems.
Lukashenko made a corresponding statement on October 4, BelTA quotes his words.
According to him, there have already been many cases, when drones flew into the airspace. At the same time, he emphasized that Ukrainian drones allegedly also did this.
"Both from the side of russia and from the side of Ukraine. We shoot down a lot. We don't look at whether they are russian or Ukrainian," Lukashenko said.
Lukashenko called the "inexperienced hands" of those who launch these drones the reason for such incidents. Also, according to him, the means of radio-electronic warfare, due to which the drones allegedly "lose their bearings", are to blame for this.
The self-proclaimed president of Belarus once again stated that Minsk allegedly agreed with Kyiv and Moscow not to bring incidents involving drones into the public domain.
We will remind, on Thursday, October 3, it became known that three attack drones of the Shahed type, launched by the russian occupiers over Ukraine, flew into the airspace of Belarus.
Later, information appeared on the network that one of the russian drones fell and exploded in the area of Kalinkovichi, Gomel Oblast.
On October 4, Belarusian security forces stormed the house of a resident of Kalinkovichi, who recorded the "arrival" of a russian drone on video.
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