The Ministry of Defense of Belarus considers one of the versions of the fall of the Ukrainian S-300 missile in the airspace of the republic as a provocation by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). It has been reported TASS With reference to Colonel Kirill Kazantsev, head of the Belarusian anti-aircraft missile forces.
“We are considering two versions: the unintentional launch of the anti-aircraft guided missile due to the low training of the crew or the failure of the missile, or this is a deliberate provocation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” he said.
Kazantsev noted that there are still many questions about this event.
Before that, the Ministry of Defense of Belarus reportedOn Thursday, December 29, it was reported that a Ukrainian rocket crashed near the city of Ivanovo in the Brest region. According to the military department, the republic’s air defense forces shot down an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile launched from Ukrainian territory at around 10:00 am.
According to BelTA’s report, parts of the Ukrainian S-300 missile, which was previously shot down by the Belarusian air defense forces, fell 66 meters from a residential building.