American officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners was attacked by the Patriot missile system. The publication reports that New York Times.
The authors of the article state that the shooting down of the plane shows how dangerous the new tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces can be.
“Ukraine’s use of a Patriot missile to shoot down a plane last month is an example of how new war tactics can be as dangerous as they are promising,” the article said.
It was noted that American officials did not comment publicly on the cause of the plane crash, but said on condition of anonymity that reports of the use of a Patriot missile were quite reliable.
Before that, he was in the Federation Council suspicious The West hides information about the crashed Il-76.
Formerly Ministry of Foreign Affairs gone From the answer to the question about the crashed Il-76.