The missile that fell near the Moldovan town of Briceni near the border with Ukraine during a Russian missile strike on January 14 was fired from an S-300 anti-aircraft gun.. It has not yet been confirmed whose missile it is - Russian or Ukrainian, but given the range of the S-300 missiles, it can be assumed that it is Ukrainian. However, in the Moldovan parliament, Russia is clearly blamed for the incident.. The findings of the investigation were reported by NewsMaker.

The Minister of Internal Affairs of Moldova, Anna Revenco, said at a government meeting on February 1 that the rocket fragments found in a garden near Briceni on January 14 belong to the S-300 air defense system.. She also noted that there is a big risk that Russian missiles will fly into Moldovan airspace, or they will “accidentally fall on our territory after they shoot down air defense systems”.

“The last case of a missile being detected on the territory of Moldova was on January 14, 2023. in Briceni. As a result of the preliminary investigation, it was established that the found parts of the rocket are fragments of the S-300 air defense system.. On January 14 of this year, in the Larga checkpoint zone of the Briceni district, components were found that are supposed to belong to the S-300 complex,” Revenko said..

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The investigation has not yet confirmed whose rocket it is.. However, the maximum range of the S-300 is 300 km, and the nearest Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine to the city of Brichany are located on the Kinburn Spit in the Nikolaev region, that is, more than 400 km. From this we can assume that this missile was fired precisely by the Ukrainian air defense, which on that day repelled another Russian attack.

However, the speaker of the Moldovan parliament, Igor Grosu, said that regardless of the results of the investigation, the blame lies with Russia..

“No matter what the conclusion is, any missiles flying through Moldova are all the fault of the Russian Federation, which unleashed a terrible war, trouble in Europe in the 21st century. The investigation will show whether the missile was in the arsenal of Russia or in the air defense system of Ukraine. But that doesn't change much. It is important that on February 24, Russia launched a military invasion of an independent state and brought all international law to its knees.. Dot. The prosecutor’s office will tell you the rest: what came in, where it came from,” Igor Grosu emphasized..

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Recall, on January 14, Russia launched another massive missile attack on Ukraine.. At this time, a Russian rocket destroyed a residential building in Dnipro, killing at least 46 people..

A similar situation occurred in Poland, when a rocket that fell near the border with Ukraine killed two Polish peasants.. The examination subsequently showed that the missile was fired from the Ukrainian air defense S-300, however, both Poland itself and the rest of the allies blamed Russia for this tragedy..