A record number of Shahed drones entered Belarusian airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine on November 22 the monitoring group Belarusian Hajun reports "More than 10 Shaheds flew into Belarus overnight and the incursions are ongoing," the report states the last drone crossed Belarusian airspace five minutes ago (as of 11:30 a.m. One of the Russian drones entered Belarus from Ovruch in the Zhytomyr region on November 22 (deepstatemap.live) Russian drones have been regularly entering Belarusian airspacу during Russian attacks on Ukraine The first such incursions began in mid-July For comparison, only nine Shaheds entered Belarus in July. It is interesting that in late August, aviation was used for the first time in Belarus to shoot down a Russian Shahed drone. Furthermore, in early October, a Russian Shahed drone exploded in Kalinkavichy, Belarus, causing a power outage in the town Polish photographer Michal Iwanowski tells The Calvert Journal about following in the footsteps of a treacherous jailbreak during world war two My grandfather and his brother survived one harsh winter in a Soviet prisoner camp during the second world war before they made a daring escape to the relative safety of Poland It was a treacherous 2,200km journey which saw them separated from their friends during a military ambush and took more than three months to complete as they hitched rides on freight trains and dodged Russian troops My great uncle kept a record of their journey, taking notes on scraps of paper and drawing out landmarks as they travelled through Russia, Belarus and on to Lithuania and Poland The makeshift maps made it to Wrocław in Poland with him and now form part of a rich family archive as did the metal tobacco tins he made in the gulag to trade for food The maps became the backbone of a book he wrote and self-published in 1994 which I used to retrace their footsteps from the labour camp in Kaluga – where they were being punished for partisan activity – to Wrocław where the rest of their family had fled It was haunting to discover that elements of the landscape have not changed for 70 years My uncle described a railway bridge leading into Kozielsk in Russia where they were ambushed and my grandfather was shot I could see exactly where that scene had taken place There was some misunderstanding about my registration on arrival so I had explain my itinerary and reasons for travelling ‘It was haunting to see how little of the landscape had changed since 1945’‘I kept myself in check by remembering how difficult it had been for the real fugitive’There were days when I struggled physically Walking uphill against the wind for eight hours in wet clothes Or when the temperature dropped below -15C and the battery in my camera didn’t not hold up for long I kept myself in check by remembering how difficult it had been for the real fugitive I had a smartphone to call for help if I needed to Iwanowski’s grandfather had used freight trains for parts of his escape‘As I walked it was almost like being in a time capsule’The landscape was very repetitive and after a few days I found myself in a strange hypnotic state the roads and the rocks look the same to me as they had to my grandfather All images include above appear in Iwanowski’s book Clear of People, a document of his trip. A version of this article first appeared on The Calvert Journal Belarus has suspended the issue of veterinary certificates of the Customs Union for a number of companies including Santa Bremor ria.ru refers to the Russian Agricultural Inspectorate Head of the Belarusian veterinary inspectorate Alyaksandr Subotin sent a letter to head of the Russian Agricultural Inspectorate Sergei Dankvert Belarus has suspended the issue of the Customs Union certificates to Minsk milk pant #1 Byalynichy protein plant and agricultural complex Zara They will not be able to exprt their products to Russia Kalinkavichy milk plant and Barysau meat-packing plant will be put under enhanced control The factors that resulted in the production of goods that did not correspond to the existing norms will be investigated and a correction plan will be created Become a journalist!Report topic! Support usDonate