US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel reacted rudely to a Sputnik correspondent’s question about the possibility of Washington investigating a terrorist attack on Russian Il-76 by Ukrainian troops. This was reported by RIA News.
According to the agency, during the briefing, Patel refused to answer the journalist’s question directly and then asked whether the evidence presented to him corresponded to “the same level of reliable evidence that the Russians have shown when telling the truth about other things.”
A State Department representative also declined to comment on the terrorist attack and said he would let partners in Ukraine talk about it.
Military aircraft Il-76 fallen Following a missile attack in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region at around 11:00 Moscow time on January 24. On board were 65 captured Ukrainian military personnel, six crew members and three escorts. Prisoners were taken for exchange.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the plane was shot down by anti-aircraft missiles launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the Kharkov region.
January 31 Russian President Vladimir Putin statedThat the Il-76 aircraft was shot down by the American Patriot system.
Previously in the Kremlin answered To a question about the progress of the investigation into the Il-76 crash.