{"id":148714,"date":"2025-07-29T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148714\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"downed-drone-carried-explosives-investigative-committee","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148714\/","title":{"rendered":"Downed drone carried explosives\u2014Investigative Committee"},"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\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/padenie_drona_sk_screen_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Drone explosion (right corner) \n    <\/div>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Investigative Committee&#039;s video\/Pozirk&#039;s still)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 29,&nbsp;<em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong>&nbsp;The drone that was downed over Minsk in the early hours of July 29 carried TNT and a large number of ball bearings, Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has opened a criminal case, noting that the drone damaged several vehicles as it fell. No one was injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, the Ministry of Defense confirmed that electronic warfare units downed&nbsp;the UAV, describing it as \u201can unidentified aerial target\u201d and \u201ca violator of airspace regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Human rights defenders report that riot police have made arrests in the area, where it was downed, possibly looking for people who sent pictures to independent media outlets.<\/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\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"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, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/dron_minoborony_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Politics, Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarusian troops down UAV over Minsk<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">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 &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/148674\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 29,&nbsp;Pozirk.&nbsp;The drone that was downed over Minsk in the early hours of July 29 carried TNT and a large number of ball bearings, Belarus\u2019 Investigative Committee has said. It has opened a criminal case, noting that the drone damaged several vehicles as it fell. No one was injured. 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