President Vladimir Putin also intervenes in the issue of the Russian Il-76 plane that crashed in Belgorod, Russia, the target of cross accusations between Moscow and Kiev. According to which “the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine knew that on board the Il-76 plane there were prisoners of war from the Ukrainian Armed Forces”, said the head of the Kremlin according to the Ria Novosti agency. Putin considered it “obvious” that the missiles against the plane were launched from Ukrainian territory. “The results of the investigation into the Il-76 case will be published so that the Ukrainian people know,” Putin said.
According to Russian authorities, investigators probing the crash of the Il-76 in Belgorod on Wednesday have established “the launch point of the Ukrainian missile that hit the plane.” Furthermore, according to the same source, “documents of Ukrainian prisoners of war who died in the accident were found at the crash site.”
The Russians speak of investigations carried out with “objective radar equipment for airspace control”. The missile would have been launched from the village of Liptsy, we read in a statement from the commission of inquiry published on Telegram. The remains discovered during the investigation “are collected in accordance with the established procedure for DNA testing. The evidence already provided includes documents proving the identity of the members of the Ukrainian army killed in the accident and supporting documentation released by the Russian federal penitentiary service. government”.. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on board the plane were six crew members, military policy officers and more than 60 prisoners from the Ukrainian military service. All died in the accident. A reconstruction that, remember, is contested by Ukraine, which said the plane was not carrying prisoners but weapons systems.Kiev called for an international investigation into the incident, which Moscow denied.
Source: IL Tempo
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