Ukraine Says It Can Counter Belarus Relay Stations Guiding Russian Drones
Ukraine says the relays help Russian drones keep video links and guide strikes deeper into its territory, including attacks on a border crossing and train.
- Belarus has reactivated signal repeaters near its border that assist Russian drones flying deeper into Ukraine, according to Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for the State Border Guard Service.
- Ground-Based relays boost signals for Shahed and Gerbera drones, allowing operators to maintain video links and guide them toward western regions including Rivne, Volyn, and Lviv.
- Demchenko noted these systems facilitated an attack on September 13 against the Yahodyn border crossing, where drones struck a gas station and a train on the Kyiv-Warsaw rail line.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky demanded in mid-June that Alexander Lukashenko remove the relays, warning, "If he doesnt do it, we will," prompting Belarus to deactivate them temporarily.
- Now that Belarus has switched the equipment back on, Demchenko confirmed the country is actively helping Russia carry out strikes on Ukrainian territory.
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Kyiv says Belarus reactivated relays that helped Russian drones strike a gas station and passenger train near Ukraine’s border with Poland
Belarus has once again activated relays near its border that help guide Russian drones to their targets, according to Andriy Demchenko, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service.
The impact on the border crossing of Yagodin on the border with Poland was made possible by Belarus' re-activation of repeaters, as announced by the Ukrainian State Border Service representative Andrei Demchenko to the Ucrynform Agency.
Belarus switches back on repeaters that boost signals for Russian "Shaheds," – State Border Guard Service
Belarus has switched signal repeaters back on that help Russian Shahed and Gerbera drones fly deeper into Ukraine, including towards the Rivne, Volyn and Lviv regions.
Russian drones who attacked the area of the international crossing point "Yagodin" at the border between Ukraine and Poland allegedly received a signal via repeaters on the territory of Belarus, as announced by the Speaker of the Ukrainian State Border Service, Andrei Demchenko.
Ukraine says it can counter Belarus relay stations guiding Russian drones
Ukraine has the means to counter the relay stations in Belarus that Russian forces are using to coordinate drone attacks with Shahed-type loitering munitions against western regions of Ukraine, according to Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army, in comments to FREEДОМ. “Today, we can’t disclose how we might stop these relay stations. But there are many ways to turn off that so-called switch,” Bratchuk said. Earlier, Andr…
Russian drones may have used repeaters in Belarus during an attack in the area of the Yagodine crossing point.
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