{"id":45697,"date":"2023-02-13T23:34:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/ukraines-security-service-holds-counter-sabotage-drill-near-belarus\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"ukraines-security-service-holds-counter-sabotage-drill-near-belarus","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45697\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s security service holds counter-sabotage drill near Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>February 13, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted counter-sabotage training in the Rivne region\u2019s districts bordering Belarus.<\/p>\n<p> The goal was to improve security near the border, the SBU\u2019s press office said in a press release on February 13.<\/p>\n<p> The scenario involved \u201csaboteurs\u201d dressed in civilian clothes secretly entering the region. \u201cThey captured the City Council in a district center near the Belarusian border and took hostage all the employees present there. Using psychological pressure and threats of physical violence, the \u2018attackers\u2019 tried to force the \u2018victims\u2019 to cooperate with the enemy and restructure the work of the City Council in favor of the aggressor country,\u201d the SBU said.<\/p>\n<p> According to Ukraine\u2019s intelligence agency, the exercise was close to real-life circumstances and involved \u201ca significant number of defense forces and military and special equipment, including unmanned aerial vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> The previous SBU exercises on the border with Belarus took place on January 13. Troops practiced to detain a sabotage and reconnaissance group trying to break through Ukraine\u2019s northern border to an energy facility in the Rivne region.<\/p>\n<p> For its part, Belarus\u2019 State Border Committee regularly reports downing or intercepting UAVs flying from Ukraine to the rear of the Belarusian positions. For example, on February 8, Pinsk border guards used an anti-drone gun to down an UAV in the Brest region\u2019s Stolin district. <\/p>\n<p>In 2022, according to the committee, similar cases were recorded on November 2 and 16, as well as on December 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 13, BPN. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted counter-sabotage training in the Rivne region\u2019s districts bordering Belarus. The goal was to improve security near the border, the SBU\u2019s press office said in a press release on February 13. The scenario involved \u201csaboteurs\u201d dressed in civilian clothes secretly entering the region. \u201cThey captured the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45697","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine\u2019s security service holds counter-sabotage drill near Belarus | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 13, BPN. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted counter-sabotage training in the Rivne region\u2019s districts bordering Belarus. 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