In November, 66 Russian drones disappeared in Belarusian airspace

2 December, 2024 Illustrative image of Shahed 136. Image from open sources In November, 151 Russian drones entered the airspace of Belarus, and at least 3 were shot down by Belarusian air defense.

The Belaruski Gayun monitoring group reported on this. According to the project, in November, at least 148 Russian Shahed kamikaze drones and 3 reconnaissance drones of unknown type entered the airspace of Belarus. Drones entered the airspace of Belarus on November 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28.

An infographic of Russian drones entering the Belarusian airspace.

Photo credits: Belaruski Gayun monitoring group.

In November, at least three cases of downing of Shahed drones by the air defense forces of the Belarusian Armed Forces over the Mozyr district were recorded, on November 24 and 26. There was no information about damage or casualties on the ground as a result of the drones' crash. Of the 151 drones, 82 returned to Ukraine and Russia, 66 disappeared, and 3 were shot down by the air defense of the Belarusian Armed Forces.

This number of drones in the airspace of Belarus is a record for the entire period of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. It is worth noting that some of the drones are most likely decoys that do not carry combat units. On November 25, about 38 Shahed drones entered the Belarusian airspace during the Russian drone attacks on Ukraine, which took place between November 24 and 25.

The routes of the Russian drones.

Photo credits: Belaruski Gayun monitoring group.

At least one drone flew to Mozyr, there were dozens of passes through the "Belarusian corridor," and at least three flights to the Gomel district, near the Nova Huta border crossing. Out of 38 recorded incidents, only nine were confirmed to have returned to Ukrainian airspace. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that, according to their data, 71 UAVs had been lost locally and one definitely had flown to Belarus.

Militarnyi also reported that the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus had received the seventh battery of Russian Tor-M2K air defense systems.