Russian kamikaze drone Shahed crashes and explodes in Belarus

Drone Shahed, sample photo 

Drone Shahed, sample photo  / Аператыўнае камандаванне УСУ "Поўдзень" / Telegram

A Russian kamikaze drone Shahed has crashed and exploded in Belarus, several telegram channels report.

The Flagshtok (flagstaff) website writes that in the morning in the Kastrychnitski district of the  Homiel region they saw and heard the flight of two Russian Shaheds. One of them may have fallen and exploded near the village of Zaazerye. "Now there are a lot of policemen, Emergency Situations Ministry officers and specialists in the area. They are looking for the crash site," the publication quoted its source as saying.

The monitoring group "Belaruski Hayun" confirms that a drone which entered Belarusian airspace at 8:40 a.m. yesterday crashed and exploded in the Kastrychnitski district.

"According to our data, the drone fell between the town of Parychy and the village of Lyuban in the Homiel region, which is 55 km from the city of Babruisk and 120 km from the border with Ukraine," clarifies "Belaruski Hayun".

The Tg channel clarifies that the drone exploded during the fall. This confirms that the Russian drones flying over Belarus are not training or reconnaissance drones. They have ammunition and are intended for attacks on the territory of Ukraine. 

У Беларусі разбіўся і выбухнуў расійскі дрон-камікадзэ "Шахед"
The site of the explosion of a Russian kamikaze drone / "Belaruski Hayun".

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