First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations (UN) Dmitry Polyansky said that the French presidency is planning a meeting at the UN Security Council regarding the Il-76 plane shot down over the Belgorod region. Ukrainian army, on January 25. This was reported by TASS.
According to him, France tried to gain time and give the Ukrainian side time to “find at least a more or less reasonable explanation for what is happening.” Paris agreed to hold a meeting only on January 25 at 17:00 New York time (January 26 at 1:00 Moscow time).
“It is a pity that the once glorious French diplomacy has been devalued by such a petty fraud,” Polyansky said.
Before that, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergei Lavrov statedIt was stated that the Russian side requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on January 24 regarding the attack on the Il-76 plane.
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.
Formerly at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs statedThat Kiev’s attack on the Il-76 was intentional.
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Source: Gazeta
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