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Originally Posted by Cheese

Belarus began to shoot down russian Shaheds: at night, the aviation of the Republic of Belarus shot down a russian UAV on its territory for the first time

https://twitter.com/user/status/1829057653043081678

While this is interesting and a first, if Kyiv Independent is to be trusted, the drone had "veered off course", had been flying in Belarussian airspace for more than 20 minutes, and it was probably shot down for simple safety reasons. (Shaheds have a 40-50kg payload (depending on the source), which is a pretty nasty bang if it drops near anything.)

That said: Belarussian military reportedly is pretty pro-Ukraine and Lukashenkos support is still on thin ice, and this isn't the first Russian drone that has flown off course and into Ukraine...

We could see Lukashenko starting to distance himself from Putin, especially with the war not going that great.