Belarus builds earthworks and deploys Tor systems near Mozyr refinery after drone incidents
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Reporting and analysts say Belarus has constructed four 30-meter earth mounds and positioned Tor M2K systems around the Mozyr oil refinery after repeated drone incursions; sources say the measures are part of broader southern-border fortification since the full-scale war began.
Belarusian reporting cited by the broadcast said authorities have built four 30-meter-high earth mounds around the Mozyr oil refinery and placed a Tor M2K surface-to-air system on at least one emplacement.
The program said construction of the defensive earthworks began amid a rise in drone activity over the Gomel region and that Belarusian officials and refinery representatives declined to comment. The report cited Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Belarus service for much of the detail and referenced an analyst who said the fortifications are intended to protect the plant from low-flying drones.
The bulletin placed the fortifications in a larger pattern of Belarus strengthening its southern defenses and creating a new operational grouping in the southern direction since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine.
