{"id":169546,"date":"2025-12-24T14:40:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T11:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169546\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"kgb-chief-foreign-intelligence-network-dismantled-in-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/169546\/","title":{"rendered":"KGB chief: foreign intelligence network dismantled in Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"812\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2.jpg 812w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-734x487.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/tertel-news-by-st-k-POZ-20250622-2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(news.by \/ Still by Pozirk)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 24, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarusian security forces have dismantled a foreign intelligence network, Ivan Tertel, chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB), said today, <em>Pul Pervogo,<\/em> Alaksandar Lukasenka&#8217;s unofficial Telegram channel reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith the help of certain individuals, technical equipment was installed on our territory that allowed the interception of communications between our pilots, both civilian and military, as they carried out their duties. They also monitored the situation around classified facilities. A large-scale counterintelligence operation enabled us to neutralize the threat,\u201d Tertel said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign intelligence services are monitoring the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons and the Oreshnik missile system in Belarus as well as railway transport, defense facilities and key industries, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe long-term plans of our opponents have not changed,\u201d Tertel said. \u201cThe main focus, of course, is the geopolitical redistribution in the region and a second attempt to change the constitutional order in the Republic of Belarus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The KGB frequently reports the detection and arrest of foreign \u201cspies\u201d in Belarus with corresponding propaganda films aired on Belarusian state-run television.<\/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\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua-354x236.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua-354x236.jpeg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua-734x490.jpeg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua-178x118.jpeg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/zelenskiy_president_gov_ua.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/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\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Ukraine to share Oreshnik\u2019s location in Belarus with its partners<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 19,&nbsp;Pozirk. Ukraine knows the location, where Belarus plans to place the Oreshnik missile system, and will share it with its partners, President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his visit to Warsaw on December 19. \u201cThis is a threat to many &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/168960\">\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>December 24, Pozirk. Belarusian security forces have dismantled a foreign intelligence network, Ivan Tertel, chief of the Committee for State Security (KGB), said today, Pul Pervogo, Alaksandar Lukasenka&#8217;s unofficial Telegram channel reports. \u201cWith the help of certain individuals, technical equipment was installed on our territory that allowed the interception of communications between our pilots, both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":143731,"template":"","rubric":[14,30],"class_list":["post-169546","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>KGB chief: foreign intelligence network dismantled in Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 24, Pozirk. 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