Russia has turned the civil infrastructure of Belarus into a weapon of war, while Ukraine watched everything from within. For six months, Ukrainian IT specialists tracked in real time how Russian drone operators planned their attacks – from launch orders to exact flight paths. Everything was discreetly transmitted to the Ukrainian defense forces, writes euromaidanpress.
According to the InformNapalm investigative community, Ukrainian hackers infiltrated the systems of Russian operators and discovered how Moscow used mobile phone towers in Belarus to guide drones over Ukrainian energy infrastructure – and even to test attack routes towards NATO states.
Infiltration into Russian military accounts
The cyber operation was carried out by hackers from the Fenix analytical center, with the support of InformNapalm volunteers. They managed to penetrate dozens of accounts of Russian soldiers and the monitoring systems used by drone units.
They could not control the flying devices, but they could track every move: missions, coordinates, internal conversations. Surveillance was non-stop, and the data was provided in real time to the Ukrainian army, contributing to more efficient interception of attacks.
The operation took place from the summer of 2025 until February 2026, when, according to the source, it exhausted its informative potential – including due to successful strikes by Ukraine on targets identified through these interceptions.
Belarusian phone towers, “highways” for drones
Intercepted conversations show that Russia used civilian mobile phone towers in Belarus to provide a stable signal to attack drones, extending their range to the north and west of Ukraine. In the second half of 2025, Moscow would have also installed signal repeaters on Belarusian territory, facilitating strikes from the Kiev region to Volyn.
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