NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
MINSK, 29 December (BelTA) – A missile shot by a Ukrainian S-300 missile system fell down in Belarus' territory between 10:00 and 11:00 today, BelTA has learned.
The head of state was immediately informed about the incident.
The Defense Ministry said that air defense units shot down an aerial target at about 10 o'clock in the morning on 29 December. Pieces of the missile were found in a crop field in the vicinity of the village of Gorbakha, Ivanovo District, Brest Oblast. A preliminary examination revealed that the pieces had been part of an S-300 air defense guided missile fired from Ukraine's territory.
Upon the Belarus president's instructions a team of specialists of the Investigative Committee and the Defense Ministry is working at the scene.
No casualties caused by the incident have been reported.
