The Serbian Ministry of Defense refutes the statement of the journalist Grigor Lilov, who wrote on Facebook that it is possible that the Bulgarian fighter was shot down near Shabla by a S-125 Neva rocket fired by Serbs, the Novosti newspaper reported.
The Ministry informed that “on the day of the crash of the Bulgarian MiG-29 aircraft, members of the Serbian army did not perform actions of the air defense missile units, nor actions of the aviation at the Shabla range, nor in any way can be related to the crash. of the Bulgarian military aircraft MiG-29. “
Since arriving at the Shabla range, members of the Serbian army have carried out their activities in accordance with pre-defined plans, which are agreed and approved by representatives of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Bulgaria and the Serbian army, said the Serbian Ministry of Defense.
Serbian army formations are also taking part in the Shabla 2021 tactical exercise.
Major Terziev crashed a MiG-29 near Shabla on June 9 during a military exercise. He died, and the black box of the plane is still wanted. The wife of the deceased pilot Dimitrina Popova believes that the target she was supposed to hit was launched at a lower altitude than it should have been.
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