Russia’s key ally Belarus said Thursday, Dec. 29, its air defense shot down a missile launched from Ukrainian territory, in the first such incident reported by Minsk since the start of Moscow’s Ukraine offensive. The Belarus defense ministry said a missile was shot down around 10:00 am local time (0700 GMT), with its debris discovered in a village in the western … Continue reading Belarus Says Shot Down Missile Launched From Ukraine . It was preliminarily established that the fragments belonged to an S-300 anti-aircraft guided missile.