Belarusian military aircraft scrambled after Russian Shahed drone breached its airspace

At least one Russian Shahed drone entered Belarusian airspace from Ukraine on the night of 29-30 October.

Source: Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian military monitoring project

Details: Telegram sources reported that a drone entered Belarusian airspace near the village of Kravtsovka in the Gomel district at 02:29 on 30 October and headed towards Gomel.

A Belarusian fighter jet took off from the Baranovichi airfield to intercept the drone around 03:10 and circled Belarusian skies in the southeast of the country until 04:00.

Belaruski Hajun said it was unclear what had happened to the drone.

Background: Ukraine’s Air Force reported that Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 62 drones and UAVs of an unidentified type and launched a missile strike on a residential area in Sumy Oblast on the night of 29-30 October. A total of 33 Russian drones have been intercepted and destroyed, while another 25 disappeared from radar.

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