Belarus and Poland helped each other to react to unknown drones — Minsk

Belarus exchanged information with Poland about unknown unmanned aerial vehicles on the night of September 10. This was stated by the chief of the Belarusian General Staff and First Deputy Head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic Pavel Muraveyko.

"During the nighttime mutual exchange of strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles between the Russian Federation and Ukraine's on—duty forces and means of air defense of the Republic of Belarus constantly monitored unmanned aerial vehicles that lost their course as a result of the impact of electronic warfare of the parties," he said.

According to him, "some of the lost drones were destroyed by the air defense forces of our country over the territory of the republic."

"Through the available channels of interaction, from 23:00 hours on September 9 to 4:00 hours on September 10, our duty forces and means exchanged information on the air and radar situation with the duty forces and means of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania. Thereby notifying them of the approach of unknown aircraft to the territory of their countries. This allowed the Polish side to respond promptly to the actions of the drones by raising its forces on duty into the air," the representative of the Belarusian Defense Ministry said.

At the same time, Muraveiko noted that "the Polish side also informed the Belarusian combat crews on duty about the approach of unidentified aircraft from the territory of Ukraine to the border of the Republic of Belarus."

"The exchange of information on the air situation is an important component of ensuring security in the region as a whole and contributes to the establishment of confidence-building measures and strengthening security. The Republic of Belarus will continue to implement its obligations in the framework of the exchange of information on the air situation with the Republic of Poland and the Baltic States." — he emphasized.

As EADaily reported, Poland announced a violation of the country's airspace that night by a "huge number of drones," although according to Ukrainian There were only eight of them. Soon, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that these were Russian UAVs, and the head of the European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, began to claim that they were launched in Poland on purpose.