In the event of the crash of the Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war preparing for exchange, many complex investigations will be carried out. This was reported by TASS.
According to the agency, aviation-technical, tracological, forensic and explosives examinations were appointed. Additionally, experts will lay the hull wreckage against the ground. Approximately ten large aircraft parts have now been found.
Fuel samples were seized for examination at the airport where the Il-76 was refueled, and all pre-flight and technical documents were collected. The main version under development is the destruction of an aircraft by a missile fired from the Ukrainian army’s air defense system. Its type has not yet been determined.
The crash of the Il-76 plane, which was expected to carry captured Ukrainian military personnel to Belgorod, occurred. morning of January 24 Near the village of Yablonovo in the Belgorod region. On board were 65 soldiers from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), six crew members and three people preparing for the prisoner exchange.
On January 25, the Investigative Committee of Russia reported that the downed Il-76 was attacked Anti-aircraft missile from Ukrainian territory.
On the same day, the crashed APU was found in the wreckage of the Il-76 Harmful elements rockets.
Earlier, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine announced its readiness keep trading Prisoners with Russia.