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Minsk, August 10 (China News Service) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on August 10 that Belarusian armed forces shot down several Ukrainian drones over the eastern border, and he stressed that Belarus will respond to any provocative actions. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that this move by Ukraine will escalate the situation sharply and lodged a strong protest to Ukraine.

According to BelTA, Lukashenko pointed out that the Ukrainian armed forces violated all rules of conduct and violated Belarusian airspace. He has instructed the Belarusian Ministry of Defense and the General Staff of the Armed Forces to take corresponding measures to ensure national security. He stressed that Belarus will respond to any provocative acts.

Belarusian Defense Minister Khrenin told the media on the 10th that at 18:10 on the 9th, the Belarusian air defense forces on duty discovered an unidentified flying object flying from Ukraine to Belarus, and the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces immediately entered a level one combat readiness state. After the aerial targets entered Belarusian airspace, Belarus destroyed some of the targets. Belarus suspected that these targets were attack drones, and the search for the wreckage of the downed targets was underway. The remaining drones flew in the direction of Russia. According to information shared by the Russian side, these targets were shot down near Yaroslavl, Russia.

Khrenin also said that according to Lukashenko's order, the Belarusian Armed Forces have strengthened military deployment in the tactical directions of Gomel and Mozyr to deal with any possible provocations.

The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on the same day, saying that the Ukrainian attack drone's violation of the Belarusian border was a very serious incident. These criminal acts have escalated the situation sharply and are a dangerous attempt to expand the scope of the current conflict in the region and try to involve Belarus.

The statement said that if the conflict expands, the war will sweep the entire region and spread to EU countries. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry will report the incident to relevant UN and OSCE agencies and other international organizations that Belarus has joined. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry stressed that Belarus will fully exercise its right to self-defense and respond appropriately to any provocation or hostile action.

The Belarusian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian Charge d'Affaires in Belarus and submitted a protest note, strongly protesting the Ukrainian drone's violation of the Belarusian border and demanding that Ukraine take measures to avoid similar incidents in the future that may further escalate the regional situation. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry specifically pointed out that "if the Ukrainian diplomatic mission in Belarus cannot have an impact on preventing such provocative acts, Belarus may raise the question of whether it is appropriate for it to continue to stay in Minsk." (End)