{"id":148674,"date":"2025-07-29T11:08:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148674\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"belarusian-troops-down-uav-over-minsk","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148674\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian troops down UAV over Minsk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(MoD Telegram channel)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 29, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> The Ministry of Defense has confirmed that electronic warfare units downed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Minsk in the early hours of July 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry described the UAV as \u201can unidentified aerial target\u201d and \u201ca violator of airspace regulations.\u201d An investigation into the incident is currently underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe head of state is personally overseeing the situation,\u201d the ministry added in its statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement came approximately one hour after the independent outlet <em>Zerkalo.io<\/em> quoted an eyewitness as saying that the UAV struck a residential building, landed on a parked vehicle, and exploded. <em>Zerkalo<\/em> reported that it has obtained video footage of the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Security, \u041e\u0431\u0449\u0435\u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Lithuania probes drone incursion from Belarus, NATO notified<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 28, Pozirk. Lithuania\u2019s Air Force had tracked the drone that violated the country&#039;s airspace this morning while it was in Belarusian airspace; information was shared with the NATO Combined Air Operations Centers, the Lithuanian Army has said on Facebook. &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148529\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 29, Pozirk. The Ministry of Defense has confirmed that electronic warfare units downed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Minsk in the early hours of July 29. The ministry described the UAV as \u201can unidentified aerial target\u201d and \u201ca violator of airspace regulations.\u201d An investigation into the incident is currently underway. \u201cThe head of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":148668,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-148674","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian troops down UAV over Minsk | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 29, Pozirk. 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