Moscow insists on launching an international investigation into the attack by Ukrainian troops on the Il-76 military transport plane that crashed in the Belgorod region. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin. TASS.
According to the diplomat, no one now doubts that the plane was shot down by soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). He also pointed out that Kiev was aware of the presence of captured Ukrainian soldiers on the ship.
“Russia insists on conducting an international investigation so that experts evaluate the available evidence that the aircraft was shot down by American MIM-104A Patriot air defense systems from a specific place and at a specific time from the territory controlled by the current Kiev authorities,” Galuzin said. aforementioned.
He added that the country’s authorities are currently working on possible formats to start this process.
Crash of Il-76 aircraft there was The capture of 65 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine occurred on January 24 in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region. It was assumed that Ukrainian soldiers would be delivered to the administrative center of the region and then sent to the prisoner exchange zone.
However, the aircraft came under missile fire along the way. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the shells were fired by Ukrainian military personnel from the territory of the Kharkov region.
Later Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedIt was stated that the plane was shot down using the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM).
Previously US military suspicious Participation in the operation to destroy the Il-76 in the Belgorod region.