Russian drones have changed their routes due to the likely shutdown of relay stations in Belarus

Russian attack drones have completely ceased flights along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border over the past three days. Experts cite the likely shutdown, at Ukraine’s request, of navigation repeaters located on Belarusian territory as the main reason for this change in flight paths. 

The most recent incident involving the violation of a neighboring country’s airspace was recorded on the morning of June 21, when a drone launched by the occupying forces flew over the Gomel and Brest regions toward Slavutych. Although the Russian Federation’s army continues to regularly attack the Chernihiv region, kamikaze drones are now being directed exclusively to bypass the border areas of Belarus. 

Monitoring groups speculate that the shutdown of signal-adjustment and amplification equipment on Belarusian territory forced the Russian command to quickly revise the logistics of its airstrikes on Ukraine’s northern regions.

On June 19, Zelenskyy gave Lukashenko one week to dismantle the Russian signal repeaters, otherwise they would be destroyed.

Belarus’s self-proclaimed president, Alexander Lukashenko, announced a planned meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and revealed that he would be leaving on an extended trip abroad just a few days before the deadline set by Ukraine’s ultimatum.