last week indicating that the missile that struck the Donetsk city came from the northwest, where Ukrainian rather than Russian forces were positioned.has corroborated those findings, after reporters studied missile fragments and interviewed witnesses at the scene.
“Security camera footage shows that the missile flew into Kostiantynivka from the direction of Ukrainian-held territory, not from behind Russian lines,” theCivilians at the market turned to look to the northwest as the missile approached, and its reflection was visible in the windows of parked cars. The crater of the missile impact and damage to the immediate northwest was also consistent with that finding.
Witnesses also reported surface-to-air missile launches from the town of Druzhkivka to the northwest moments before the deadly impact, where theAnalysis of missile fragments and impact damage concluded that the most likely munition was a 9M38 missile launched by a Buk anti-aircraft vehicle, which is used by both Ukraine and Russia, rather than a Russian S-300 system as claimed by Ukrainian officials.