MTS Tender Officially Confirms Destruction of Belarus Border Tower Used for Russian Shahed Drone Relays
Belarusian mobile operator MTS has issued a construction tender to rebuild a destroyed 39-meter base station near the Ukrainian border. This provides official documentary confirmation that border telecom infrastructure used as guidance relays for Russian Shahed drones was physically eliminated.
Belarusian mobile operator MTS (Mobile TeleSystems) has published an official procurement tender for construction and restoration works on cellular base station No. 1499 in the Gomel region. The procurement documents, hosted on a Russian electronic trading platform, provide the first official confirmation of physical damage to a border telecom tower exploited by Russian forces to coordinate Shahed drone strikes against northern Ukraine.
Documentary Evidence: Base Station No. 1499 in Tonezh
According to an investigation by independent outlet Flagshtok, the damaged facility is a 39-meter mast located in the village of Tonezh, Lelchytsy district (approximately 25–30 km north of the Ukrainian border). The starting contract value is nearly 700,000 Russian rubles (~$9,000) for structural and electrical restoration.
This procurement represents the only active MTS tender in Belarus dedicated to rebuilding a ruined facility rather than standard scheduled maintenance.
Timeline: Drone Impact, NASA Fire Scans, and Syrskyi's Warning
The public procurement filing verifies a sequence of covert developments:
- July 5 Report: Belarusian outlet This Minsk Media reported a targeted Ukrainian drone strike on a tower near Lelchytsy. Witnesses noted an initial strike ignited a forest fire, followed by a second drone impacting the tower structure directly.
- NASA FIRMS Confirmation: Satellite thermal monitoring recorded a verified fire anomaly on the afternoon of June 28, exactly 3 km northeast of the Tonezh base station.
- General Syrskyi's Assessment: On June 29, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed that one relay in Belarus had been briefly reactivated, expressing confidence that 'it will not happen again.' The newly uncovered MTS tender proves that base station No. 1499 in Tonezh was that exact target.
Systematically degrading southern Belarus communication infrastructure has deprived Russian loitering munitions of low-altitude flight telemetry, forcing drone swarms into vulnerable eastern corridors.
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