Ukraine's Volyn Oblast will install anti-drone nets along sections of roads near the border with Belarus, the acting head of the Volyn Oblast Military Administration, Roman Romaniuk, announced. Volyn Oblast borders both Belarus and Poland in the northwest of Ukraine.

The anti-drone nets address the localized threat of FPV-class drones that could target road traffic on this corridor.

Russia has already used Belarus as a launch pad for signal-relay balloons that help its drones reach Ukrainian cities.

In 2025, Russian drones launched from Belarus had already crossed into Polish airspace when 19 Russian Shahed-type drones entered Poland, and Warsaw invoked NATO Article 4 for the first time in the war.

Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has assessed that a Belarusian ground invasion of Ukraine remains "very unlikely," but Russia may continue to use Belarusian airspace to hit Western Ukraine — and, as 2025 demonstrated, to test NATO's eastern flank response.

Romaniuk: "Risks from the neighboring state remain"

"Risks from the neighboring state remain, so Volyn Oblast continues to systematically prepare for any possible challenges," Romaniuk said.

Ukraine is currently installing engineering barriers, strengthening defensive positions, and implementing new security measures.

"One of them will be the installation of anti-drone nets on individual sections of roads, including on the territory of Shatsk hromada," the Shatsk hromada quoted Romaniuk as saying.

Romaniuk added that Volyn today is one of the best-prepared border regions of Ukraine and that this work must be continued.