{"id":189120,"date":"2026-05-25T23:09:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189120\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:09:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:09:40","slug":"drone-crashes-in-viciebsk-region-report-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189120\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone crashes in Viciebsk region, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 25, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>A drone crashed near the village of Janava in the Sianno district, Viciebsk region, on May 23, damaging a power line, reported the human rights website Viciebskaja Viasna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Local residents called emergency services and police who collected the wreckage and told the villagers to keep silent about the incident, the report said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drones have been regularly spotted over Belarus as Russia continues attacking Ukraine. On the night of March 23, reports of a drone passing overhead came from the Mahilo\u016d region, followed by the Minsk and Hrodna regions. A drone carrying explosives later crashed on a frozen lake in Lithuania\u2019s Var\u0117na district bordering Belarus and was confirmed as a Ukrainian UAV that had strayed off course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Russian drone crashed into a vegetable garden on March 24 in a village of the \u0141oje\u016d district in Belarus\u2019 Homiel region near the Ukrainian border, but did not explode, Flagshtok<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian troops use aircraft and surface-to-air missile systems on a regular basis to destroy drones that enter the country\u2019s airspace, according to Andrej \u0141ukjanovi\u010d, commander of the Air Force and Air Defense Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year, Belarusian authorities regularly tested the public warning system, particularly in the southern part of the country, which faces frequent incursions by Russian drones targeting Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Minsk supported the Kremlin by allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarusian territory on multiple occasions and by supplying arms to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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