Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service says relays for Russian drones continue to operate in Belarus

Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said on 29 October that relays for Russian drones continue to operate in Belarus. According to service spokesman Andriy Demchenko, their operation is being recorded on the country's territory, and they boost the signal for drones attacking Ukraine.

The day before, on 28 October, Demchenko said that the operation of the relays continues to be recorded, but that this does not mean they are switched on around the clock: the locations where they are activated change periodically. He added that the Belarusian authorities, in his words, still allow the Russian army to use relays in the country.

Demchenko also spoke about relays being switched on periodically on 29 September. The next day the border service spokesman cited the Ukrainian monitoring project "єРадар": according to its data, four relays were operating in Belarus in September.

According to the monitoring channel "єРадар", such facilities were detected in September in the areas of Khoyniki, Derbinki and Makhnovichi in the Mozyr district, and Buda-Sofiivka in the Lelchytsy district. According to the Ukrainian side, four relays resumed operation in the Homel region in September.

Back in June 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of four relays in the Homel and Brest regions which, in his words, correct strikes by Shaheds. He gave Alexander Lukashenka an ultimatum: stop their operation within a week, or Ukraine would do it itself.

On 2 October, Ukraine reported a significant increase in the number of mobile relays in Belarus, and Demchenko said that some of them are being moved around.

On 22 October, Demchenko said that equipment on Belarusian territory had been used in attacks on the Rivne, Volyn and other regions of Ukraine.