Lukashenko's drone claims debunked amid rising border tensions
"From the Su-30 fighter and Mi-24 helicopter, no missile was launched. This means that the latest loud statements of the self-proclaimed Lukashenko are just nonsense," reported the "Biełaruski Hajun" project, which monitors military movements in Belarus.
Belarusian air defence forces destroyed several targets over the country's territory on Friday, most likely drones launched from Ukraine, said the self-proclaimed president Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday, as quoted by the Belarusian news agency BiełTA.
"No drones detected"
Lukashenko claimed that several targets violated Belarusian airspace in the Mogilev region bordering Russia, which - as he emphasised - forced the authorities to put aviation and air defence forces on the highest alert.
On Sunday, the group monitoring military movements in the country, "Biełaruski Hajun", announced that no drones were "detected" over Belarusian airspace that day.
"Lukashenko's statements are just nonsense"
"No missiles were launched from the Su-30 fighter and the Mi-24 helicopter. This means that the latest loud statements of the self-proclaimed Lukashenko are just nonsense", we read in the statement.
Due to the alleged violation of Belarusian airspace, the Ukrainian chargé d'affaires was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Minsk on Saturday. Earlier, the Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko ordered strengthening the units stationed at the border with Ukraine.
The situation at the border with Belarus is under control; we do not observe the Belarusian side pulling additional troops, and we informed the Ukrainian border guard's spokesman, Andriy Demchenko, in turn on Sunday.
