Russian Ministry of Defence "acknowledged that a Russian air defense interceptor caused the Ukrainian missile to deviate from its flight path and detonate in Sevastopol." "... the civilian casualties in Crimea resulted from Russia's interception of an incoming ATACMS missile rather than a deliberate Ukrainian targeting decision." Reuters reported that, according to an US official, the ATACMS missile was targeting a Russian missile launcher.[5] Per OSINT researchers, the air defence launcher which was presumably targeting the ATACMS was set up on another Sevastopol beach near
Russians putting missile launchers on beaches and hiding behind civilians is nothing new. They literally bombed their own apartment blocks to restart war in Chechnya.