{"id":189348,"date":"2026-05-26T21:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189348\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T18:12:44","slug":"ukrainian-spokesman-dismisses-claim-of-116-weekly-drone-incursions-as-absurdity","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/189348\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian spokesman dismisses claim of 116 weekly drone incursions as absurdity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>May 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, has dismissed a statement by Belarus\u2019 security chief on frequent drone incursions from Ukraine as an absurdity, <em>Ukrainska Pravda<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTheir air defenses, probably, can detect only Ukrainian assets [unmanned aerial vehicles], because they don\u2019t count what flies to Ukraine from Belarus,\u201d he said, apparently referring to Russian drones attacking Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier today, Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, claimed that Ukrainian drones frequently cross the border and crash in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking during a meeting with his counterparts from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow, he said that Belarus registered 116 drone incursions last week and employed air defense assets 59 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn some cases, these are not accidental incidents, but attempts to strike border infrastructure under the pretext of accidental incursions,\u201d he said, as quoted by state media.<\/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\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_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                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security, Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 security chief complains to counterparts about Ukrainian drone incursions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 26, Pozirk. Alaksandar Valfovi\u010d, state secretary of Belarus\u2019 Security Council, accused Ukraine of conducting active electronic reconnaissance of Belarusian territory during a meeting with his counterparts from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Moscow on May 26. He &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/189300\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 26, Pozirk. Andrii Demchenko, spokesman for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, has dismissed a statement by Belarus\u2019 security chief on frequent drone incursions from Ukraine as an absurdity, Ukrainska Pravda reported. \u201cTheir air defenses, probably, can detect only Ukrainian assets [unmanned aerial vehicles], because they don\u2019t count what flies to Ukraine from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":82957,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-189348","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>Ukrainian spokesman dismisses claim of 116 weekly drone incursions as absurdity | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 26, Pozirk. 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