A Russian jet-powered “Banderol” drone crashed in Petrykau District of the Homiel region after a prolonged flight. “Flagshtok” reported, citing the Ukrainian monitoring channel “Oko Hora.”
According to the outlet, the drone traveled about 306 km before crashing, including 120 km over Belarusian territory. The authors claim that the drone ran out of fuel after the prolonged flight and then crashed. A Belarusian Su-30 scrambled to intercept the target failed to shoot it down.
Ukrainian OSINT analysts say the crash site is in the area of the village of Luchytsy in Petrykau District.
It should be recalled that on the morning of Aug. 22, Ukrainian monitoring channels reported at least 12 Russian “Banderols” entering Belarusian airspace. The first reports of the drones appeared at around 4 a.m. According to monitoring outlets, military aircraft were scrambled from the Baranavichy airfield.