{"id":151492,"date":"2025-08-16T20:53:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T17:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151492\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"over-300-airspace-violations-recorded-since-january-official","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/151492\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 300 airspace violations recorded since January \u2013 official"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\n Drone crash in Minsk, July 2025\n <\/div>\n \n
\n (Defense ministry's Telegram channel)<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

August 16, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The defense ministry has recorded more than 300 violations of Belarusian airspace since the start of 2025, Andrej \u0141ukjanovi\u010d, the Belarusian Air\/Air Defense commander, has told journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the incidents featured unmanned aerial vehicles that violated the Belarusian border with Ukraine, he noted, without specifying the origin of the drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian authorities also documented \u201ca large number of flights by UAVs, reconnaissance and tactical aircraft at Belarus’ western borders,\u201d \u0141ukjanovi\u010d added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drone incursions into Belarus have been regularly reported since mid-2024 as Russians attack Ukraine. In late July, a UAV reportedly struck a residential building in Minsk, landed on a parked vehicle and exploded. The defense ministry and investigators later said that the drone was carrying TNT and steel balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a rare instance earlier this year, Deputy Interior Minister Mika\u0142aj Karpianko\u016d acknowledged frequent sightings of combat drones and admitted that Belarusian air defenses struggle to counter this type of UAVs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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