Kiev-Ukraine-January 17, 2023

After a public outcry over his statements

Made by him, the adviser to the president of Ukraine, Oleksiy aristovich, submitted his resignation, indicating that Ukraine shot down a Russian missile that killed at least 41 people in the city of Dnipro.

Oleksiy aristovich announced his resignation on Facebook, after publicly apologizing and retracting his comments in a post on the Telegram application.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that a residential complex was hit by a Russian Kh-22 missile, which Kiev does not have the necessary equipment to shoot down.

Aristovich wrote:" I offer my sincere apologies to the victims, their relatives, the residents of Dnipro, and everyone who was seriously hurt by my erroneous version of why the Russian missile fell on a residential building, " Reuters reported.