Journalists Find Seized Ukrainian RK-3 Korsar Missiles in Belarusian KGB Possession

Belarusian investigative journalists have discovered that the Alpha unit of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (KGB RB) acquired Ukrainian RK-3 Korsar anti-tank missiles through an “unknown means.”

BYPOL reported on this in a video investigation.

According to the journalists, they obtained photographs taken by Belarusian KGB officers at the Alpha unit’s base in November 2022. The photos show a transport-and-launch container of the portable Korsar anti-tank guided missile system from multiple angles.

According to the markings, the photographs show a transport-and-launch container carrying an RK-3OF 107 mm-caliber missile equipped with a high-explosive fragmentation warhead with an explosively formed penetrator (EFP).

It is important to note that Ukraine has never sold the Korsar anti-tank guided missile system to Belarus. Serial production and deliveries of these missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine started in 2017.

Therefore, the manner in which this system ended up in the hands of the Belarusian KGB’s Alpha special unit remains unknown. It may have reached Belarus together with Russian forces retreating from the Kyiv region, who may have left behind some captured equipment before redeployment.

Another possible version, the likelihood of which BYPOL investigators are currently examining, is the potential involvement of the Belarusian KGB’s Alpha Group in Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

In July 2024, it was reported that Belarusian special forces from the Vityaz unit were using a captured Ukrainian-made Kozak-5 armored vehicle.

During a ceremonial event marking the completion of combat coordination training for the Vityaz special-purpose detachment, Belarusian security forces showcased a Ukrainian-made Kozak-5 armored combat vehicle in service.

The Ukrainian-made Kozak-5 was never supplied to the Belarusian armed forces. It may have entered the country with Russian troops retreating from the Kyiv region, or later, in 2023, alongside units of the Wagner PMC redeployed to Belarus after Prigozhin’s failed mutiny.

At the time of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, these armored vehicles were being delivered to the State Border Guard Service and the National Guard of Ukraine, while the Ukrainian army itself was receiving only the older Kozak-2M model.

According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine representatives, reported to Militarnyi, during the first months of the full-scale invasion, no losses or destructions of similar armored combat vehicles were recorded among border guard units while defending the Kyiv region.

In September 2023, Militarnyi reported that the Belarusian territorial defense used a captured Ukrainian-made KrAZ Cobra during training exercises