The Duma announced that Kyiv was informed about the Il-76 flight with prisoners

15 minutes before the departure of the Il-76, which carried 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war heading for exchange, Ukraine was warned about the flight plan of the military transport ship. Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov announced this on Thursday, January 25. He added that the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR) confirmed receiving information about the Il-76 from the Russian side.

“The Ukrainian side was officially, I emphasize, officially warned,” Kartapolov emphasized. — 15 minutes before the plane entered the zone, complete information was transmitted to them. They received it and confirmed receipt through the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. You all know perfectly well what happened next.”

Previously “MK” reportedthat on January 24 an Il-76 crashed in the Belgorod region. On board the plane were Russian pilots and 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, who were being transported for exchange as part of a humanitarian mission previously agreed upon with the Ukrainian side. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the plane was shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), which fired from the territory of the Kharkov region. Kartapolov pointed out that the Il-76 was hit by three missiles from “an anti-aircraft missile system, either Patriot or IRIS T, made in Germany,” but experts will figure this out more precisely. In the USA already called Moscow and Kyiv to conduct a thorough investigation of the Il-76 crash. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky instructed The country’s Foreign Ministry will provide available data on the crash of a military transport plane, emphasizing that Kyiv will insist on an international investigation.

By words Chairman of the Coordination Council for the Integration of New Regions at the Public Chamber of Russia Vladimir Rogov, the curators of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had three reasons why they decided to commit this war crime, including the desire to intimidate the Ukrainian military, who were surrendering en masse.