The Belarusian army on Thursday (August 11) denied reports of explosions that allegedly occurred overnight near a military airfield in the Gomel region of southeastern Belarus, not far from the border with Ukraine. .
“
On August 10, around 11:00 p.m. (8:00 p.m. GMT), during a control run, a vehicle caught fire after its engine was replaced
,” the Belarusian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
“
The fire was quickly brought under control.
No one was injured
,” the statement said.
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A Belarusian Telegram channel, specializing in particular in monitoring the conflict in Ukraine, said earlier today that "
at least eight explosions
" occurred near a military airfield in Ziabrovka, in the Gomel region.
According to Franak Viacorka, adviser to the leader of the Belarusian opposition in exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, Russian military planes are often stationed at this airfield.
However, he clarified on Twitter that there was “
no confirmation
” for the time being that these explosions could be linked to Russian or Belarusian maneuvers on the territory of this former Soviet republic.
Moscow's main ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in power in Belarus since 1994, lent the territory of his country to the Russian army so that it could launch its offensive on Ukraine on February 24.
