{"id":193454,"date":"2026-06-26T14:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193454\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:13:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T11:13:13","slug":"drone-sighting-explosion-reported-over-homiel","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/193454\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone sighting, explosion reported over Homiel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>June 26, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>An unmanned aerial vehicle was spotted over Homiel in southern Belarus at around 3.30 am may have exploded, <em>Flagshtok<\/em> reports, citing eyewitnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before that, a drone was heard in Dobru\u0161, a city 27 km east of Homiel. Social media posts from Belarus confirm these reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s eRadar monitoring service said five drones entered the Zhytomyr region from Belarus last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No Russian attack drones were detected along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border between June 22 and 24, <em>Flagshtok<\/em> said earlier, noting that in late spring and early summer, large numbers of Russian attack drones were flying along the Belarusian-Ukrainian border every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On June 19, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky gave the Belarusian authorities one week to dismantle four drone-control relay systems allegedly used to facilitate Russian attacks on Ukraine. Earlier this week, he said that the relay systems had suspended operations.<\/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\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ult2_collage_pozirk.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> The Viewer<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">The Viewer<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka walks tightrope between Kyiv and Moscow<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka remains under Ukrainian pressure after complying with President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s demand to shut down drone control relay systems that facilitated Russian attacks on Ukraine earlier this year. 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Ukraine\u2019s eRadar monitoring service said five drones [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[16,30,15],"class_list":["post-193454","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drone sighting, explosion reported over Homiel | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"June 26, Pozirk. 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