< p _ngcontent-sc100="" class="news-annotation">In early December, a rocket fell on the territory of Moldova during regular Russian shelling. It belongs to the S-300 air defense system.
On February 1, Interior Minister Anna Revenko said that the rocket that fell in Moldov in a garden near Briceni on December 5, 2022 belongs to the S-300 air defense system .
What is known about the incident
On December 5 last year, a patrol of the Border Police discovered a rocket in an orchard near Briceni.
< p class="bloquote cke-markup">The last time a missile was detected on the territory of Moldova was on December 5, 2022 in Briceni. As a result of the preliminary investigation, it was found out that the found parts of the missile are fragments of the S-300 air defense system missile. 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.
She filed arguments in favor of continuing the Revenco state of emergency in Moldova and noted that there is still a big risk that Russian missiles will cross Moldovan airspace, or they will “accidentally fall on our territory after they shoot down air defense systems” .
In Moldova, they understand that no matter whose rocket fell, it is Russia's fault
It remains to be established who exactly owned the rocket. Speaker Igor Grosu noted that no matter what the investigation leads to, Russia is to blame for the fall of a rocket in a garden near Briceni.
No matter what the conclusion is, any missiles, flights through Moldova are all the fault of Russia, which unleashed a terrible war, trouble in Europe in the 21st century. The investigation will reveal whether the missile was in Russia's arsenal or in Ukraine's air defense system. 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 flew in, where it came from,” Grosu said.
The last rocket fragments in Moldova collapsed on January 14
- Rocket fragments regularly fall in Moldova during Russian shelling of Ukraine .
- On January 14, after Russia again launched a massive missile attack on Ukraine, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moldova once again reported the fall of rocket fragments on the territory of the country.
- According to the agency, in found rocket warhead was about 80 kilograms of explosives. The zone was cordoned off.
- On the same day, the number of patrols in the border area of Ukraine was increased.
