Representatives of the United Nations are unable to verify information about the circumstances surrounding the crash of a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft, which occurred on 24 January near Belgorod, Russia. Source: Rosemary Dicarlo, UN Under-Secretary-General, at a meeting of the UN Security Council, as reported by Suspilne Quote: “According to Russian authorities, the plane […]
Senior Russian lawmaker Andrey Kartopolov claimed on Jan. 25 that Ukraine was given a 15-minute-warning ahead of the flight of the Il-76 plane that crashed in Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24, though Ukrainian officials deny receiving any such notification. Russia has alleged that the downed military aircraft was destroyed by Ukrainian forces, and that it […]
The U.N. Security Council held an emergency session on Jan. 25 to discuss the downing of a Russian Il-76 military plane that Russia alleges was transporting Ukrainian prisoners of war. The plane crashed on Jan. 24 in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The cause of the crash is unclear, with Russia claiming that Ukraine’s military shot the […]
The list of prisoners of war claimed by Russian propagandists to have been on board the Il-76 aircraft that crashed on Jan. 24 includes those who had already been swapped before, Ukraine’s chief Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets told Sky News on Jan. 25. Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan shared the list of Ukrainian POWs who were allegedly […]
High-ranking Russian officials were supposed to be on board the Il-76 aircraft that crashed in Belogorod Oblast on Jan. 24, but the Federal Security Service (FSB) did not allow them to board at “the last moment,” Andrii Yusov, Ukraine’s military intelligence spokesperson, told RFE/RL on Jan. 25. The Il-76 transport plane crashed in Russia’s Belgorod […]
Ukraine’s SBU security service has initiated a criminal investigation into the crash of a Russian military aircraft, an IL-76, in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, the SBU reported on Jan. 25. The investigation is being carried out under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which prohibits the violation of the laws and customs of war. […]
The IL aircraft is “waiting” for the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, and it is “imminent,” said Ukraine’s United Nations representative, Serhiy Kyslytsya, commenting on Lavrov’s false statements at the UN regarding the crash of the Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft and the killings in Ukraine’s Bucha. “Von Lavrov, whose IL-Ilyushin aircraft is about to […]
In light of the Il-76 plane crash in Russia, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has reported that the prisoner exchange scheduled for 24 January did not take place. It has no information on whether there were Ukrainian prisoners on board the aircraft. Source: Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence in a statement Quote: “A prisoner exchange was to have taken […]
In response to the news of the downing of an Il-76 aircraft in Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has issued a statement saying that it would “continue to destroy means of delivery and control the airspace to eliminate the terrorist threat, including on the Belgorod-Kharkiv front”. Source: official statement by […]
Ukraine’s Armed Forces cannot currently confirm that Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the downed Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft on the morning of Jan. 24, Armed Forces spokesperson, Bohdan Senyk, told NV. Ukrainian media reported that the Il-76 was probably carrying missiles to Russia’s S-300 complexes when it was shot down by Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Read […]
Video has emerged of the alleged crash of the Russian Il-76 military transport plane in Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. The doomed plane can be seen catching fire while still in the air, and a fiery mushroom cloud can be seen after it hits the ground. Read also: Moscow confirms crash of IL-76 near Ukraine, claims without […]
A Russian IL-76 cargo plane that crashed in Belgorod was reportedly shot down on takeoff, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported on Jan. 24, citing a source close to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The source did not provide additional details or comment on the possible presence of Ukrainian prisoners on board, a claim circulating in Russian media. At the same time, the Ukrainian […]