An unidentified drone after being down in Minsk, Belarus, on July 29, 2025. (Belarusian Defense Ministry/Telegram)
An unidentified drone was intercepted over the Belarusian capital early Tuesday and crashed right into a residential space, in line with the nation’s Defense Ministry.
No accidents had been reported.
Local impartial outlet Zerkalo cited eyewitnesses who described a buzzing sound, adopted by a robust explosion and falling particles. Videos shared on-line captured the blast’s aftermath.
Residents reported that police arrived about 20 minutes later, securing the positioning and eradicating particles. Photos launched by the Defense Ministry present drone fragments, however authorities haven’t disclosed its kind, origin, or whether or not it was armed.
In response to the incident, the Belarusian army introduced extra airspace safety measures at the moment are in place.
This is the primary time such a drone incident has been detailed within the capital for the reason that nation started reporting aerial incursions following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Belarusian forces confirmed in September 2024 {that a} drone had been shot down over its territory for the primary time. Since then, a number of related occasions have been documented, principally close to the borders with Ukraine and NATO states.
Just sooner or later earlier, on July 28, Lithuanian officers reported that an unidentified drone crossed into Lithuanian airspace, probably originating from Belarus. The back-to-back incidents have renewed issues about airspace safety and drone warfare throughout Eastern Europe.
Belarus, dominated by longtime authoritarian chief Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, stays an in depth army and political ally of Moscow. The Lukashenko regime allowed Russian forces to launch assaults on Ukraine from Belarusian soil through the early phases of the invasion in 2022.
