{"id":209449,"date":"2026-10-28T21:22:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209449\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T21:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:22:52","slug":"belarus-based-relay-systems-for-russian-drone-attacks-continue-to-operate-kyiv-says","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/209449\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus-based relay systems for Russian drone attacks continue to operate, Kyiv says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 28, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> There is no buildup of troops in Belarus near the Ukrainian border, but relay systems for Russian drones continue to operate, Andriy Demchenko, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, told Ukrinform<\/em> on October 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, we continue to detect the operation [of drones],\u201d Demchenko was quoted as saying. \u201cThis does not mean that the relay systems are on around the clock, but we see the locations where they are switched on change on a regular basis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 2, Demchenko noted a significant increase in the number of Belarus-based mobile relay systems for Russian drone strikes on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He stressed that it is mobile relay systems that have been used much more actively since recently, as Belarus fears that Ukraine will be able to track down stationary equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave the Belarusian authorities one week to dismantle four drone-control relay systems allegedly used to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukraine. \u201cIf he [Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka] does not shut them down, we will shut down everything within a week. Either they will do it, or we will,\u201d he warned. Five days later, Zelensky said the relay systems had suspended operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reports by Ukrainian officials suggest that Belarus-based relay systems have been repeatedly switched on and off since then. On September 17, Ukrainian monitoring group \u0454Radar said that four relay systems used to control Russian jet-powered drones had been detected in Belarus since the previous week, all located in the Homie\u013a region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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