Tatyana Moskalkova, the Russian Federation’s Ombudsman, has stated that the remains of Ukrainian military personnel who were allegedly killed in the downing of a Russian Il-76 military plane will be transferred to Ukraine in the near future. Source: Moskalkova in a comment to Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti Details: The Russian official says all […]
The American-made Patriot missile system is likely responsible for the Russian Il-76 plane crash, American officials anonymously told The New York Times. The plane was also likely carrying at least some Ukrainian prisoners, officials reported. Russia’s Il-76 military transport plane crashed in the country’s Belgorod region on Jan. 24, allegedly killing everyone on board. The […]
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated that the Administration of the Russian President had not received a request from Ukraine to hand over the bodies of prisoners of war (POWs) who, according to the Russians, died in an Il-76 plane crash near Russia’s Belgorod on 24 January. Source: Dmitry Peskov in a comment for Kremlin-aligned […]
Andrii Yusov, a representative of Defence Intelligence, has said that Ukraine has approached Russia about repatriating the bodies of the prisoners of war who Moscow propagandists say were on board the downed Il-76 aircraft, but Russia is not responding. Source: Yusov on the national joint 24/7 newscast Details: Yusov said that the exchange of prisoners […]
After Russia said Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in the recent Il-76 plane crash, Ukraine appealed to return the allegedly killed POWs home, Andrii Yusov, a representative of the military intelligence, said on Feb. 1. But the Russian government has not responded to Ukraine’s request, he added. “Ukraine applied and continues to apply for […]
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30. Russia has alleged that the military aircraft that crashed in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast last week […]
Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, has said that neither Russia nor Ukraine can fully answer what happened during the crash of the Il-76 aircraft in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. Source: Budanov on air during the 24/7 national joint newscast Quote: “Unfortunately, we must state that neither side can fully answer what happened there. […]
Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said on Jan. 26 that during the planned exchange of POWs two days earlier Moscow was to return to Ukraine 65 people from one of the lists Russian propagandists shared after the crash of Il-76 transport plane in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The confirmation came after […]
Russian President Putin has commented on the crash of an Il-76 in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, repeating the previous statement of the Russian Defence Ministry that “there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board”. Source: Putin, as quoted by Russian media, particularly RBK Details: The president of the aggressor state claimed that “Ukraine shot down the […]
Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, has called on the public to wait for all the circumstances of the Il-76 crash in Russia to be established, and responded to the statement of UN Deputy Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, who said that “the United Nations is not in a position to […]
The prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia, initially set for Jan. 24, the day the IL-76 military transport aircraft crashed in Belgorod Oblast, would have been one of the largest over the full-scale war, said Ukrainian HUR military intelligence service spokesperson, Andriy Yusov, on national television on Jan. 26. Yusov did not specify how many […]
An international commission is needed to establish the cause of the Russian Il-76 transport plane’s crash, but Moscow currently rejects this option, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on air on Jan. 26. Russia has alleged that the military aircraft that crashed in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24 was destroyed by Ukrainian […]