Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that he is not concerned about the possible distrust of the “international community”, represented by representatives of the West, towards the Russian side’s data regarding the presence of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the Il-76 plane shot down by the Ukrainian side. Armed Forces on the Belgorod region. Quoted RIA News.
“I am not at all worried that the international community will not believe me. “As I said before, the international community, represented by Western representatives and the media, has already proven its discredited position,” he said.
He also recalled that at the beginning of the Russian Federation’s special military operation in the West, Russia was accused of allegedly liquidating the residents of the Ukrainian city of Bucha without providing evidence.
On January 24, an Il-76 military transport plane was shot down in the Belgorod region. How reported According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the plane had 65 captive military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as six crew members and three escorts. The ministry said that the plane was supposed to deliver fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Belgorod. From there they planned to transport them to the prisoner exchange zone.
Il-76 aircraft according to the Russian Ministry of Defense was shot Anti-aircraft missiles launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kharkov region.
Formerly at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedThat Kiev’s attack on the Il-76 was deliberate and conscious.