Belarusian Foreign Ministry: Ukraine illegally launched reconnaissance drone into Belarus

On February 3, the Belarusian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ambassador of Ukraine to Belarus Igor Kizim. He was told about the “purposeful launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle from Ukraine into Belarus’s territory, ” the Belarusian Foreign Ministry website informs.

According to the Foreign Ministry, on January 24, a Ukrainian drone “illegally crossed the state border of Belarus, was captured in our country’s airspace and forced to land by the Armed Forces.” The Belarusian side claims that the drone was launched to conduct “illegal reconnaissance activities over the Brestskiy military training ground.”

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry claims that the statement about the drone is a provocation of the Belarusian authorities.

“This is another provocation by the Belarusian authorities. The mythical “tons of weapons” have been replaced by “drones.” Ukraine did not use UAVs. We urge Minsk not to play along with Russia’s destabilizing actions. Calm on the border between Belarus and Ukraine is in the entire region’s interests,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Mykolenko tweeted.

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