Belarus’ defence ministry stated its air defences had downed a Ukrainian S-300 missile in a subject on Thursday morning, throughout one among Russia’s largest missile assaults in opposition to Ukraine because the begin of the battle.

The army commissar of the Brest area, Oleg Konovalov, performed the incident down in a video message posted on social media by the state-run BelTA information company, saying that native residents had “completely nothing to fret about. Sadly, these items occur”.

He in contrast the incident to at least one in November, when an S-300 believed to have strayed after being fired by Ukrainian air defences landed in NATO-member Poland, and preliminary fears of an escalation within the battle had been quickly defused.

The S-300 is a Soviet-era air defence system that’s utilized by each Russia and Ukraine.

The Belarus ministry stated on Thursday it had shot down the missile close to the village of Harbacha within the Brest area, some 15 km (9 miles) from the border with Ukraine, at round 10 a.m. (0700 GMT).

“Fragments had been present in an agricultural subject … Throughout the verification course of, it was established that the wreckage belongs to an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile fired from the territory of Ukraine,” the ministry stated in a press release.

The incident occurred on the similar time Russia was launching its newest wave of missile assaults on cities throughout Ukraine.

BelTA revealed images and video of what it stated had been components of an S-300 missile mendacity in an empty agricultural subject.

The defence ministry didn’t present any details about casualties, and stated it might present extra detailed data within the close to future.

Belarus allowed Moscow to make use of its territory as a launchpad for the invasion of Ukraine in February, and there was a rising flurry of Russian and Belarusian army exercise in current months.

Minsk has, nevertheless, insisted that it’s not collaborating within the battle, and won’t take part until its personal safety is threatened by Ukraine or Ukraine’s Western allies.

Kyiv has used the S-300 system to intercept incoming Russian missiles, whereas Russia has appeared to make use of repurposed S-300 missiles to assault floor targets – one thing that army analysts say may very well be an indication that its missile shares are dwindling.