Belarus' State Border Security Committee confirmed on Monday that Belarusian border security forces downed on July 16 a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone in the Gomel Region.

"A border security unit on duty on River Dnieper discovered an unmanned aerial vehicle that violated the state border from Ukrainian territory. The drone was used for reconnaissance of border area of the Republic of Belarus," the committee revealed in a statement.

According to the committee, the Ukrainian drone was forcibly downed in the Braginsky District via an electronic warfare gun.

This is not the first time that Belarus intercepts Ukrainian drones. In late May, Belarusian border security forces shot down a Ukrainian drone. And in early February, Belarusian forces intercepted a Ukrainian drone near the state border in the Brest Region.

Belarus' State Border Security Committee highlighted that since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian drones passed by the Belarusian border 463 times by mid-January.

According to the committee, Kiev frequently carries out provocations at the border with Belarus, including with the use of military weapons. It noted that a total of 88 such cases were registered in 2022.

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