Belarus Relay Stations Guiding Russian Drones Go Offline After Zelensky’s 1-Week Ultimatum
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Updated · Meduza · Jun 24
Belarus Relay Stations Guiding Russian Drones Go Offline After Zelensky’s 1-Week Ultimatum
3 articles · Updated · Meduza · Jun 24
Summary
June 22 marked the shutdown of relay stations in Belarus that Ukraine says helped guide Russian drone strikes, Zelensky told reporters, citing updates from commander Oleksandr Syrsky and intelligence services.
The move followed Zelensky’s June 19 demand that Alexander Lukashenko remove the stations within a week or face Ukrainian action against them.
Ukrainian officials say the antennas on Belarusian territory fed two-way video links for long-range Russian drones such as Geran and Gerbera, supporting mesh-network communications used in attacks on Kyiv.
Border guards have already logged fewer Russian strike-drone flights through Chernihiv and no mass Shahed transits along the Belarus-Ukraine border, though it remains unclear whether the equipment was dismantled or merely switched off.
Lukashenko has not commented publicly, leaving open whether the outage signals a lasting curb on drone operations from the Belarus direction.