Belarusian helicopter downs Russian drone heading to Ukraine, sources say
Photo: Belarusian Mi-24 downs Russian Gerbera strike UAV (Military)
A Belarusian helicopter shot down a Russian attack drone heading toward Ukraine, according to RBC-Ukraine sources.
On Saturday, July 12, the Belarusian air defense forces destroyed a Russian attack drone that was flying to Ukraine.
The Gerbera attack drone was detected by a Mi-24 helicopter, which was performing tasks to control the airspace of Belarus.
According to Ukrainian intelligence sources, at least three Russian drones were in Belarusian airspace at the time.
A helicopter of the Belarusian air defense forces, while performing an air control mission, reported the detection and destruction of an attack drone.
Photo: Gomel region, Belarus
The wreckage of the downed UAV fell in the Gomel region.
On July 10, Lithuania scrambled its fighter jets because of an unknown drone from Belarus. Because of the threat, the country's leadership went into shelter. An unknown drone crashed a kilometer from the Belarusian border, near the closed Shumsk checkpoint.
Later, Lithuanian National Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė confirmed that it was a Russian Gerbera drone, a decoy drone without a payload designed to distract air defense. It has not yet been established how it managed to reach Lithuania via Ukraine and Belarus.
