According to Associated Press Defense Minister Theo Francken confirmed that drones had flown into the area near the Kleine Brogel air base in northeast Belgium in two phases on Saturday and Sunday night.
The first phase involved “small drones to test the radio frequencies” of Belgian security services, then later came “big drones to destabilize the area and people,” Francken told public broadcaster RTBF.
“It resembles a spy operation. By whom, I don’t know. I have a few ideas but I’m going to be careful” about speculating, he said. Last month, several drones were spotted above another Belgian military base near the German border. The operators were not identified.
Russia has been blamed for a number of airspace violations, notably in Estonia and Poland, in recent months. But the perpetrators of a series of mysterious drone flights in Denmark and Germany have been harder to pin down.
A late evening drone sighting at Berlin’s Brandenburg airport on Friday suspended flights for nearly two hours. It was not clear who was responsible.
Francken ruled out that the weekend drone flights in Belgium might have been a prank.
He said that the security services’ “jammer didn’t work because they tested our radio frequency, and they changed frequency. They have their own frequencies. An amateur doesn’t know how to do that.”
Asked why it wasn’t possible to shoot the drones down, Francken said: “When they’re over a military base we can shoot the drones down. When it’s nearby, we have to be very careful because they can fall on a house, a car, a person. That’s completely different.”
This can pose legal challenges too. “It’s not entirely clear. We have to clarify the legal grounds,” he said.
Francken lamented that Belgium “is chasing after the threat” posed by such drone flights. “We should have bought air defense systems five or 10 years ago,” that can deal with drones, he said. http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join - click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism
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Belgium's defense minister expressed
concern on Monday about a series of
unidentified drone flights over the
weekend near a military base where US
nuclear weapons are stored, saying that
they seem to be part of a spying
operation.
According to Associated Press, Defense
Minister Theo Frank Ken confirmed that
drones had flown into the area near the
Klein Brogel air base in northeast
Belgium in two phases on Saturday and
Sunday night.
The first phase involved small drones to
test the radio frequencies of Belgian
security services. Then later came big
drones to destabilize the area and
people. Frank Ken told public
broadcaster RTBF.
It resembles a spy operation.
By whom? I don't know. I have a few
ideas, but I'm going to be careful about
speculating. He said last month, several
drones were spotted above another
Belgian military base near the German
border. The operators were not
identified.
Russia has been blamed for a number of
airspace violations, notably in Estonia
and Poland in recent months, but the
perpetrators of a series of mysterious
drone flights in Denmark and Germany
have been harder to pin down. A late
evening drone sighting at Berlin's
Brandenburgg airport on Friday suspended
flights for nearly 2 hours. It was not
clear who was responsible.
Frank Ken ruled out that the weekend
drone flights in Belgium might have been
a prank. He said that the security
services jammer didn't work because they
tested our radio frequency and they
changed frequency.
They have their own frequencies.
An amateur doesn't know how to do that.
asked why it wasn't possible to shoot
the drones down. Frank Ken said, "When
they're over a military base, we can
shoot the drones down. When it's nearby,
we have to be very careful because they
can fall on a house, a car, a person.
That's completely different. This can
pose legal challenges, too. It's not
entirely clear. We have to clarify the
legal grounds," he said. Frank Ken
lamented that Belgium is chasing after
the threat posed by such drone flights.
"We should have bought air defense
systems five or 10 years ago that can
deal with drones," he said.
Partisans are actively operating in
Russia, damaging relay cabinets on
important railway lines. Similar
resistance actions are also taking place
in the temporarily occupied territories
of Ukraine. The press service of the
main intelligence directorate of the
Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported
this. A video was published on the AY's
Telegram channel demonstrating
successful operations in various
locations behind enemy lines. The number
of fires at the aggressor state's
railway facilities is constantly
growing, intelligence officers noted,
calling guerilla operations the flames
of resistance.
In recent months, fires and other
incidents have been recorded in the
Briansk, Rostov, and Merman regions as
well as in Cheschna and Caracetraessia.
The invaders logistics were subjected to
guerilla attacks in the Ukrainian
frontier areas in Crimea and Luhansk
region. Coordinated partisan attacks
undermine the enemy's ability to move
equipment and reinforcements, complicate
logistics, and weaken its offensive
potential. The main intelligence
directorate of the Ministry of Defense
explained the value of such operations.
Resistance to the criminal war against
Ukraine within the aggressor state is
growing, the press service added. A wave
of sabotage against telecommunications
infrastructure continues in the
terrorist country of Russia and in
Ukraine's military-industrial zone.
Guerrillas are systematically destroying
cell phone towers and equipment
belonging to local operators.
In recent months, new fires have been
recorded in the Republic of Adigia,
Rostto Oblast, Kamchchatka Cry, and the
temporarily occupied territories of
Ukraine. According to the main
intelligence directorate of the Ministry
of Defense of Ukraine, the agency notes
that its response continues
systematically.
Agents of the Ukrainian and Crimean
Tatar military movement, Aesh, continue
their sabotage operations behind enemy
lines in the temporarily occupied town
of Takmack in the Zaparajia region. They
attacked a railway used by the Russians
for logistics.
Following the successful sabotage, the
Russians encountered difficulties
transporting personnel, equipment, and
ammunition to the Zaparajia area. A
similar situation occurred near the
temporarily occupied city of Berdansk.
An explosion on the tracks derailed a
locomotive, 10 train cars, and a cover
platform. As Ozua reported, agents of
the Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar military
movement, AESH, staged another act of
sabotage in the aggressor country's
Bianc region. As a result of the
successful operation, the enemy's
command and control system at a key
communications hub was paralyzed.
It was also reported that a key of
region court sentenced an agent of the
Russian Federation, an aggressor state,
who was exposed by the security service
of Ukraine. The perpetrator had
committed acts of sabotage at Yukris
Nitsia facilities and was planning a
terrorist attack on the TCC.
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