MOSCOW (Reuters) -Belarus said on Wednesday that it had shot down some drones which went astray due to electronic jamming during an exchange of strikes between Russia and Ukraine, and that Minsk had informed Poland and Lithuania of the approach of the drones.

The statement by Belarus Chief of the General Staff Major General Pavel Muraveiko did not say whose drones – also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) – went astray.

“During the night-time exchange of strikes by UAVs between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the Air Defence Forces and assets of the Republic of Belarus on duty continuously tracked UAVs that had lost their track as a result of the impact of the parties’ electronic warfare assets,” Muraveiko said in a statement issued in English.

“Some of the lost drones were de

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