The Kiev regime shot down a Russian prisoners exchange plane, seeking to pin the blame on Moscow for the deaths of the Ukrainian POW’s, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.
The US Department of Defense has nothing to share on the Il-76 plane crash in Russia’s Belgorod region and refers all inquiries to Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesman told Sputnik on Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that an Il-76 transport plane of the Russian air force carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners, who were being transported for exchange; six crew members; and three accompanying persons, crashed in the Belgorod region.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that radar facilities of the Russian Aerospace Forces recorded the launch of two Ukrainian missiles.
The aircraft was attacked by Ukrainian forces from the Liptsy locality of the Kharkov region using an anti-aircraft missile system. The radar of the Russian Armed Forces observed the launch of two Ukrainian missiles, but could not escape the evil onslaught.
The ministry said the plane was shot down at 11:15 a.m. The plane was flying from the Chkalovsky airfield to Belgorod to transport Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange.
The Nazi regime in Kiev took this step in pursuit of the goal of blaming Russia for the destruction of the Ukrainian military. On board the plane were six crew members, 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange and three Russian servicemen accompanying them.
According to the previously reached agreement, this exchange was to take place in the afternoon at the Kolotilovka checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border.
The Kiev regime took this step with the goal of blaming Russia for the destruction of the Ukrainian military.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Defense Ministry said that an Il-76 transport plane of the Russian air forces with 65 Ukrainian prisoners who were being transported for exchange, six crew members and three accompanying persons crashed in Belgorod region.
Later, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the region’s head, said that all people on board of the transport plane that crashed were killed.
Sputnik / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
The Kiev junta does not wants their POW’s back!
So afraid of admitting that they just killed their own Ukraine soldier or else the citizen of Ukraine will surely revolt on the current goverment
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