Iran Press/ Iran News: "Fragments were found in an agricultural field ... the wreckage belongs to an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile fired from the territory of Ukraine" into the Brest Oblast some 15km from the border with Ukraine at around 10 a.m. (0700 GMT), the Belarus defense ministry said on Thursday.
Brest's military commissar, Oleg Konovalov, said the missile had strayed, likening it to another Ukrainian missile incident that happened in Poland last month.
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Poland says missile that hit it was Ukrainian stray
In November, Konovalov said, a similar incident to this one happened in Poland when an S-300 went astray after being fired by Ukrainian air defenses and landed on the territory of NATO member Poland, triggering fears of an escalation that were rapidly defused.
“Unfortunately, these things happen,” the official said.
Nevertheless, the Belarusian foreign ministry conveyed Minsk's formal protest to the Ukrainian envoy, urging Kiev to hold those responsible to account.
“The Belarusian side views this incident as extremely serious,” Anatoly Glaz, a spokesman for the ministry, said.
“We demanded that the Ukrainian side conduct a thorough investigation … [and] hold those responsible to account and take comprehensive measures to prevent the recurrence of such incidents in the future.”
Minsk has maintained its neutrality in Russia-Ukraine conflict, insisting that there is no participation in the fighting on its part, and that there will be no future participation unless its own security is threatened by Ukraine or Ukraine's Western allies.
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