"We Have No Intention Of Warning Ordinary Belarusians About Approaching Drones"
- 12.11.2026, 9:36
Under Lukashenko's rule, the sky is far from "peaceful."
On the night of November 11, the Lithuanian Air Force received a report via a technical channel from Belarus regarding unidentified objects flying toward it. One after another, residents of the country received various air raid alerts due to a possible drone in Lithuanian airspace.
This is not the first incident in our neighbors’ airspace where the Belarusian side has warned them of a potential threat. This already happened in September 2025, when the Polish and Lithuanian military received alerts via the hotline. In May 2026, Minsk again warned Vilnius, as well as Riga and Tallinn, about a possible drone intrusion into their airspace.
It is telling that on the night of November 11, a drone also flew over our territory—over Zhlobin. And, apparently, the drone itself warned local residents of its approach: locals at the scene report that half the town heard the sound of the drone’s engine.
And on the night of November 9–10, the sound of a drone flying overhead was heard in the Vitebsk region. According to unconfirmed reports, it may have crashed in one of the villages in the Lioznensky District.
Flights through the “peaceful” skies of Belarus have become routine. Sometimes they crash, occasionally within the boundaries of cities and villages. But unlike the Polish and Lithuanian governments, the Belarusian authorities do not deem it necessary to warn ordinary Belarusians in advance about approaching drones.
For citizens, the security forces currently have only instructions for when an uninvited guest has already crashed. As noted by Gomel’s “Flagstok,” in the Yelsky District, the local district newspaper published recommendations from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
And these recommendations are primarily intended to make life easier for law enforcement. It seems their main concern is that anyone who spots a drone does not take a photo of it. For our part, we’d like to remind readers of the recommendations from Ukraine on how to behave if a drone approaches.
Kirill Ivanov, “Solidarnast”