The Belarusian military, which is allied with Moscow, said it shot down a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone on Wednesday on the border between the two countries, where tensions remain high after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February, partly from Belarus, AFP reported.

“The drone was shot down with a Kalashnikov assault rifle. The quadrocopter, equipped with a camera, was used for reconnaissance and filming of technical means used for border surveillance,” the Belarusian border police said in a statement.

They note that the drone was found on the Belarusian side 100 meters from the border, in the Kobryn district, in the southwest of the country.

The Belarusian border police released photos of a suspected drone in the grass. They note that a similar Ukrainian apparatus was destroyed on November 2 in the Belarusian Gomel region.

Belarus has almost 900 km of border with Ukraine. In late February, the Russian army crossed the border into Belarusian territory to try to capture Kyiv, before finally retreating weeks later in the face of Ukrainian resistance.

Since then, Ukraine is still afraid of a new Russian offensive from Belarus.

For its part, Minsk accuses the Ukrainian military of plotting a coup against Belarus and created a joint regional military force with Russia in mid-October, raising fears of that country’s direct involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.