MINSK, February 3 Minsk protested to Kiev over the launch of a reconnaissance drone, the press reported — Service of the Belarusian Foreign Ministry.
"On February 3, 2022, the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Belarus Igor Kizim was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, who was strongly protested in connection with the targeted launch of an unmanned aerial vehicle from Ukraine to the territory of Belarus", — the message says.
The Ministry of Defense of Belarus handed a note of protest to the military attache of UkraineAccording to the ministry, on January 24, a Ukrainian drone crossed the Belarusian border, after which the military forcibly imprisoned it. «Based on the analysis of on-board equipment data, it has been established for certain that it was launched from the territory of Ukraine in order to conduct illegal reconnaissance activities over the Brestsky military training ground,» the diplomats say. does not contribute to a civilized bilateral dialogue. «The Belarusian side demanded that such destructive actions be prevented in the future,» the Foreign Ministry stressed. At the first stage, until February 9, it is planned to redeploy and create groupings of troops, at the second, from February 10 to 20, joint exercises «Allied Resolve — 2022» will be held. The Russian and Belarusian military will work out the tasks of suppressing external aggression and combating terrorism, in particular, blocking the channels for the delivery of weapons and ammunition, as well as destroying illegal armed formations and sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
Belarus will never become «like Ukraine», Lukashenko said