Foreign ministry summons Ukraine ambassador over “downed” missile

December 29, BPN. The Belarusian foreign ministry has summoned Ukrainian Ambassador in Minsk Ihor Kyzym to “strongly protest the launch of an S-300 surface-to-air guided missile towards Belarus from Ukraine, recorded today.”

The ministry demanded that Kyiv should “immediately conduct a thorough investigation of the circumstances of the missile launch, punish those responsible and take comprehensive measures to avoid similar incidents in the future, which may lead to catastrophic consequences.”

Earlier that day, the Belarusian defense ministry said a missile was downed by Belarus’ air defense unit at about 10 a.m. on December 29. Its wreckage reportedly fell in a rural area in the Brest region’s Ivanava district.