Belarus deployed fighter jets to shoot down Russian Shahed kamikaze drones over the city of Gomel early on September 5.
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Belarus shot down Russian Shahed kamikaze drones over Gomel
Two fighter jets were scrambled from Baranovichi airfield at approximately 1:30 a.m. and 2:20 a.m.
Two explosions were recorded at 1:34 a.m. and 1:36 a.m.
overnight, on September 5, the Belarusian military deployed fighter jets to shoot down several Shahed drones that entered Belarus's airspace in Homel region from Ukraine's Chernihiv region
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