Accusations of violating Poland's airspace by Belarus dismissed as groundless
Accusations of crossing into the Polish airspace by Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense are far-fetched. | These accusations were made by the Polish military and political leadership to justify the military build-up near the Belarusian border, BelTA informs citing the Defense Ministry of Belarus. ● According to the Defense Ministry, on the morning of 1 August, Poland's Armed Forces Operational Command reassured its people that Polish radars did not detect violations of the state border. “In the evening (apparently, after consulting with their overseas masters), they changed their narrative to say that ‘the helicopters crossed the border at a low altitude and were not picked up by radar',” the Belarusian Defense Ministry noted. 💬 “This statement is not confirmed by Poland's monitoring and recording systems. Therefore, the Defense Ministry of the Republic of Belarus dismisses this statement as baseless rumors and insists that there were no violations of the airspace by the Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters,” the Defense Ministry said.
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