{"id":180577,"date":"2026-03-23T14:17:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T11:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180577\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T15:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T12:41:02","slug":"bielavija-delays-st-petersburg-flights-over-drone-attacks-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180577\/","title":{"rendered":"Bie\u0142avija delays St. Petersburg flights over drone attacks in Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 23, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus&#8217; flagship carrier Bielavija has announced a delay of two flights on its St. Petersburg route today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline cited restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures at the Pulkovo Airport after reports of drone attacks in northwestern Russia. A total of 60 flights were reportedly affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russian aviation authorities regularly close airspace after drone attacks from Ukraine launched in response to the Kremlin\u2019s full-scale war against Ukraine. Minsk supports Moscow in the war, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Russia. &nbsp;<\/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\/2026\/03\/bpla_mayak-354x236.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bpla_mayak-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bpla_mayak-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bpla_mayak-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bpla_mayak.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus&#039; border guards find crashed drone near Homiel<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 22, Pozirk. A Belarusian border patrol discovered the wreckage of an aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle near \u010caplin in the Homiel region on March 20, the Homiel district media outlet Majak reported. The drone model was not identified, yet the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/180493\">\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>March 23, Pozirk. Belarus&#8217; flagship carrier Bielavija has announced a delay of two flights on its St. Petersburg route today. The airline cited restrictions on aircraft arrivals and departures at the Pulkovo Airport after reports of drone attacks in northwestern Russia. A total of 60 flights were reportedly affected. Russian aviation authorities regularly close airspace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112394,"template":"","rubric":[14,30,13],"class_list":["post-180577","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bie\u0142avija delays St. Petersburg flights over drone attacks in Russia | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 23, Pozirk. Belarus&#039; flagship carrier Bielavija has announced a delay of two flights on its St. Petersburg route today. 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