The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reacted to the fall of a missile on the territory of Belarus during a massive strike by Russia. They noted that they are ready to conduct an objective investigation.
The press service of the Ministry of Defense writes about this.
"The Ukrainian side, reserving for itself the unconditional right to defense and protection of its own sky, is at the same time ready to conduct an objective investigation in Ukraine of the incident that occurred on December 29 in the sky over the territory of Belarus as a result of the repulsion of a massive Russian missile attack," the agency noted.
They emphasized that they are ready to involve in the investigation independent authoritative experts from countries that do not support Russia in the war.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense emphasized that Russia is trying in every way to drag Belarus into the war, so it can arrange provocations. For example, to lay the path of their cruise missiles in such a way as to provoke their downing over Belarus.
- On the morning of December 29, during a massive missile attack on Ukraine, fragments of a S-300 missile fell near the village of Gorbacha, Ivanovo District, Brest Region. Valeriy Revenko, the assistant minister of defense of Belarus for international military cooperation, said that the missile was shot down by the Belarusian air defense system, and the "investigation" showed that the debris belonged to the S-300 anti-aircraft missile, which was launched from the territory of Ukraine.
- Subsequently, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Ihor Kyzym. He was strongly protested by the fall of the rocket.