Correction: A previous version of the article erroneously referred to Kudret Ozersay as a Turkish official. In fact, he is a foreign minister of the Northern Cyprus which remains internationally unrecognized, except by Turkey.

The projectile that hit the Northern Cyprus on Sunday night could be “a Russian-made S-200 air defense missile”, according to Kudret Ozersay’s publications on Facebook and Twitter. The official suggested that the missile “completed its range” and fell in the Mediterranean island after missing its target.

Commenting on the initial findings of the investigation, Ozersay said that markings on the retrieved debris were identical to that of an S-200 missile that was reportedly found in the southeastern Turkish province of Gaziantep back in 2018.

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