{"id":194053,"date":"2026-06-30T21:34:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194053\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T21:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:34:47","slug":"ukraines-top-commander-minsk-turned-on-one-drone-control-relay-station","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194053\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s top commander: Minsk turned on one drone control relay station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 30, <em>Pozirk<\/em>. <\/strong>The Belarusian side has not dismantled the drone control relay stations that help guide Russian attacks on Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has told <em>TSN.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment was turned off for a short time after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s ultimatum to Minsk on June 19, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYesterday, Belarus turned on one repeater, but I don\u2019t think they\u2019ll turn any more of them on. . . &nbsp;[The Belarusian authorities] realize that this shouldn\u2019t be done, so to speak,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Syrskyi said Ukraine has sufficient capabilities to deter threats from the north and prevent enemy drones from operating along the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia is considering several options for launching a new offensive against Ukraine, including from Belarusian territory, with the aim of capturing Kyiv and other areas, Syrskyi warned. However, there is no concentration of troops in Belarus, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the official questioned whether Minsk would again allow Russia to use Belarusian territory to launch an offensive, saying Moscow is more likely to target Ukraine\u2019s Chernihiv region from Russia\u2019s Bryansk province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In February 2022, Russia started a full-scale war against Ukraine in which the Belarusian authorities supported the Kremlin, allowing Russian troops to attack Ukraine from Belarus on multiple occasions and supplying arms to Moscow.<\/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\/05\/chornogor-belsat-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chornogor-belsat.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                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Envoy: Kyiv to neutralize threats in Belarus remotely if tensions escalate<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">June 26, Pozirk. Ukraine has no plans to deploy troops into Belarus if tensions escalate, Yaroslav Chornohor, the Ukrainian foreign ministry\u2019s special envoy for relations with Belarusian pro-democracy forces, told Deutsche Welle. \u201cWe have no need for foreign territory,\u201d he &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/193431\">\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>June 30, Pozirk. The Belarusian side has not dismantled the drone control relay stations that help guide Russian attacks on Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has told TSN. The equipment was turned off for a short time after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s ultimatum to Minsk on June 19, he noted. \u201cYesterday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":194060,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-194053","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>Ukraine\u2019s top commander: Minsk turned on one drone control relay station | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 30, Pozirk. 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