Belarusian authorities have lifted flight restrictions in the south of the country, which had been in place since February 24, 2022

26 September, 2024 Illustrative photo of the Belarusian Su-30SM. Photo from open sources The Belarusian authorities have lifted the flight restriction zone in the south of the country, which had been in place since February 24, 2022.

The Belarusian Gayun monitoring group reported on this. On September 19, NOTAMN O0380/24, which stated that pilots of all civilian aircraft were prohibited from flying into the flight restriction zone in southern Belarus at an altitude of up to 19,800 meters, reportedly disappeared. This NOTAM was supposed to be in effect until September 30, 2024, but it has been out for a week now, and no new one has been issued.

Until September 19, the restricted area had been in effect continuously for the past 2.5 years.

Infographic of the flight restriction zone NOTAMN O0380/24. Source: NOTAMN O0380/24

The Belarusian Gayun monitoring group says that civil aviation has been able to fly to the south of Belarus for a week now. However, such a plan will not be approved by anyone, but formally it can.

"Theoretically, it can be assumed that the NOTAM could have been lifted due to forest fires in southern Belarus, but again, this restriction did not apply to the aircraft of the Ministry of Emergencies of the Republic of Belarus, used to extinguish fires and conduct sanitary flights," the monitoring group suggests. Through this zone, Russian air attack assets constantly enter Ukrainian airspace. At the beginning of September, it was reported that the Russian air-launched Kh-47M2 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles that attacked Lviv on September 4 entered Ukrainian airspace via Belarus.

Routes of Russian air threat.

Source of infographics: monitor

The missiles flew about a hundred kilometers over the territory of the Gomel region of Belarus through the Bragin and Narovlya districts. Russian weapons enter Belarusian airspace both with the consent of the local government and as a result of emergency situations. Militarnyi has repeatedly reported how Russian Shahed kamikaze drones have been straying off course and entering the territory of Belarus.

Previously, one of these drones flew across Belarus and crashed in Latvia.