Belarus official: ‘Unlikely’ downed Ukrainian missile entered airspace by accident

The secretary of Belarus’ Security Council said in an interview on Friday that it was “unlikely” that a Ukrainian air defense missile downed on Thursday had entered Belarusian airspace by accident.

“Kyiv is striving to provoke a regional conflict by any means,” Alexander Volfovich told the Russian state-owned outlet Sputnik Belarus. “An example of this is the recent incident with the destruction of the Ukrainian S-300 missile.

“There is little reason to believe that it entered our airspace by accident. By all appearances, it seems some plan was being realized here.”