The American edition of the New York Times conducted its own investigation of the missile attack on Konstantinovka on September 6 and came to the conclusion that the attack was carried out by the Ukrainian side. This is indicated by video recordings from an external surveillance camera and the testimony of eyewitnesses who said that a few minutes before the explosion they saw two rockets fired from the outskirts of Druzhkovka. Further, the experts examined the scene of the incident, analyzed the fragmentation damage to the facades of the buildings and fragments of the rocket, they concluded that the strike was caused by a 9M38 anti-aircraft missile fired from the Ukrainian Buk air defense system.