{"id":154843,"date":"2025-09-11T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T10:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154843\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"opposition-leader-blames-minsk-for-allowing-drone-incursion-into-poland","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/154843\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition leader blames Minsk for allowing drone incursion into Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>September 11, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Minsk and Moscow are testing how far they can go in escalating regional tensions, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her address to an international conference in Vilnius.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assurances of Belarus\u2019 defense ministry of being in contact with Polish and Lithuanian counterparts to track stray drones are useless, as Minsk had to shoot down these drones over Belarus instead of letting them pass, she stressed in a comment on yesterday\u2019s unprecedented Russian drone incursion into Poland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident took place two days ahead of the major Zapad-2025 drill in Belarus, which Cichano\u016dskaja  described as \u201cexercises of the Belarusian regime and the Russian Federation\u201d rather than \u201cBelarusian-Russian exercises.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is essential to understand that the Belarusian people do not support [Alaksandar] \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s actions,\u201d she said. \u201c\u0141uka\u0161enka is now serving Russia&#8217;s interests, not those of the Belarusian people. We are a nation that wants to be a reliable partner and neighbor, and we want to overcome all this turbulence in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zapad-2025 maneuvers in Belarus set for September 12 &#8211; 16 are expected to involve around 8,000 troops, including 2,000 Russians, according to Mindaugas Ma\u017eonas, head of Lithuania\u2019s Second Investigation Department. Minsk has not disclosed the number of participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, Lithuania announced additional measures to beef up security at its borders with Belarus and Russia during the exercise, while Poland plans to close its border to Belarus at midnight. Poland and Latvia have also temporarily restricted air traffic over their eastern borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shahed_militarny_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Poland confirms exchanging information with Belarus during drone incursion<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">September 10, Pozirk. Jacek Goryszewski, spokesman for the Polish Armed Forces\u2019 Operational Command, has told a briefing that the military had exchanged information with both Ukraine and Belarus during the drone incursion overnight. Goryszewski said that contacts were nothing out &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/154717\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 11, Pozirk. Minsk and Moscow are testing how far they can go in escalating regional tensions, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has said in her address to an international conference in Vilnius. Assurances of Belarus\u2019 defense ministry of being in contact with Polish and Lithuanian counterparts to track stray drones are useless, as Minsk [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-154843","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Opposition leader blames Minsk for allowing drone incursion into Poland | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"September 11, Pozirk. 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