The actions of Moscow and Minsk may have been inconsistent: why the Shaheds began to fly over Belarus

The actions of Moscow and Minsk may have been inconsistent: why the Shaheds began to fly over Belarus Victoria Grabovskaya

Since July 11, at least 4 “Shahed” kamikaze drones, launched by the Russians, have flown into the territory of Belarus. Some of these drones maneuvered in the country's airspace at a distance of more than 300 kilometers.

Military-political observer of the Information group resistance” Alexander Kovalenko said 24 Kanal that the drones launched by the Russians could have flown through Belarus, likely to reduce the distance to targets in Ukraine. It is also possible that these drones were attempting to return safely through Belarusian airspace.

Some kind of error occurred

At the same time, he drew attention to several important points regarding the “Shaheds” who entered the territory of Belarus.

“Shahed”, which was launched on July 13, did not fly in transit through the country's airspace, but headed north – to Vitebsk, that is, it flew deep into the territory of Belarus, – Kovalenko emphasized.

One of the drones even fell and exploded in the Gomel region on July 16.

At the same time, during the “Shahed” violation of the airspace of Belarus, it scrambled Mi-24 attack helicopters, as well as Su-30.

Belarusians were not ready for this. If this was a normal transit of a drone through their territory, then they would have known about it and then they would not have launched aircraft into the air. Therefore, it is likely that the actions of Russia and Belarus were inconsistent, and that is why Minsk reacted this way, he explained.

Also, since Russia probably did not agree on the transit the flight zone of “Shaheda” through the airspace of Belarus, then during its movement the Belarusian air defense systems began to operate. We are talking about electronic warfare systems that suppressed the drone’s signal. As a result, some mistake occurred and he headed for Vitebsk.

Another reason for these incidents may be that in a certain batch The “shaheds” who were handed over to Russia this summer turned out to have some kind of systemic problem. Probably, while plotting the trajectory of their flight, the same error occurs – they take a course to the north. In this case, if the transit zone is Belarus, then to the north of the country,” suggested Alexander Kovalenko. to the territory of Belarus. Thus, on July 11, the drone was in the country’s airspace for an hour.

The situation was repeated on July 13, when one of the “Shaheds” traveled around Belarus for three hours and flew to Vitebsk. And on July 16, two drones “visited” the country at once, one of which fell and exploded.