{"id":180648,"date":"2026-03-23T22:42:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180648\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T19:42:52","slug":"russia-set-to-deploy-four-drone-control-stations-in-belarus-zelensky-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/180648\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia set to deploy four drone control stations in Belarus, Zelensky says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

March 23, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Russia plans to deploy four ground-based long-range drone control stations in Belarus, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on his official Telegram channel on March 23 after meeting with Oleh Ivashchenko, chief of Ukraine\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such stations will also be put into operation in the temporarily occupied parts of Ukraine, Zelensky said. \u201cWe will react accordingly,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine is changing its policy towards Belarus and will respond appropriately to threats, Zelensky said in a statement released after Kyiv\u2019s announcement of sanctions on Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka on February 18, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since last fall, Ukraine has been detecting relay stations in Belarusian territory that support Russian attack drones, Zelensky noted. By sanctioning the Belarusian ruler, Ukraine is responding to Belarus\u2019 increased involvement in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, he stressed, pledging to step up coordination with regional and global partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine has \u201celiminated\u201d a communication system that helped Russian drones attack Ukraine from Belarus, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced on February 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe managed to disable a mesh network used by [Russian] Shahed [drones] in the north, which significantly strengthened the defense capabilities of Kyiv and central Ukraine,\u201d pravda.com.ua quoted him as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network, where many Shahed drones operate simultaneously, needs to be connected to Russian control centers, where operators run the entire process, said Serhii Beskrestnov, Fedorov\u2019s defense technology advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such control centers exist in Russia and used to exist in Belarus, he added. Hubs through which information from the drones is sent to the control center look like regular mobile operator towers, 70-80 meters high, with powerful antennas pointing towards Ukraine, Beskrestnov noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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