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The Investigative Committee of Belarus has suggested Ukraine's involvement in the drone incident in Minsk. On its Telegram channel, the agency shared a video of the debris featuring inscriptions in Ukrainian: “Do not touch, moving part,” “Caution, screw, moving part,” and “Fix.”
Besides the Ukrainian inscriptions, the press service highlighted the foreign components of the drone, which were reportedly manufactured in Germany and Ireland. The Investigative Committee of Belarus also mentioned that the drone was equipped with a warhead containing TNT along with numerous striking elements in the form of metal balls.
The Belarusian opposition outlet Flagstock indicates that, based on the image, the drone did not resemble the Russian “Shaheeds” and “Gerbers,” which frequently enter Belarus through the Gomel region during Ukraine's offensives. Ukrainian monitoring channels also did not observe any Russian UAVs entering Belarus at night amid Russia's attack on Ukraine—neither via the Gomel nor the Brest region.
The Belarusian Human Rights Center “Spring,” labeled as an “extremist formation” by the Belarusian authorities, reported that it had received information regarding the detention of individuals near the drone crash site.
“It is likely that the security forces are searching for those who relayed information about the incident to independent media,” the human rights activists stated.
Subsequently, the Minsk police refuted this report.
On the day the drone went down, the Belarusian opposition organization BELPOL claimed that a facility for the mass production of attack UAVs was being covertly established in the Frunze district of Minsk (the area where the drone crashed during the night).
In a statement to Dzerkal, a military expert from BELPOL did not dismiss the possibility of altering the debris to implicate the “Ukrainian junta.”
A representative from the press service of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remarked that he had no information regarding the drone crash in Minsk.
“This is the first time I've heard about this. I believe if it had occurred, there would have been broader commentary. But these are just my personal thoughts,” the publication's source commented.
When asked whether a Ukrainian drone could theoretically have flown into Minsk, the individual replied succinctly: “Unlikely.”
- On July 29, reports indicated that Putin began to be protected using “pocket” interceptor drones.
- On March 5, Lukashenko stated that he refrained from defending Ukraine from Russia due to its “economic war” against Belarus.
Источник: kp.ua
