A group called Bypol claims to have carried out a drone attack on a Russian reconnaissance plane. Belarus expert Anna Kravtšenko is surprised that such actions are still possible. Who is behind the partisans?
There are Belarusian partisans that the country is proud of. Like the resistance fighters who rebelled against the German occupiers in World War II. And then there are Belarusian partisans, who are not only a thorn in the side of the regime in Minsk. Like the cyberpartisans who sabotaged the Belarusian railway network at the beginning of the Ukraine war. And the Bypol group, which claims to have damaged a Russian reconnaissance aircraft.
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