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The Russian President, Vladimir Putinaccused today Ukraine of having shot down, last Wednesday, the Russian military transport plane Il-76, in which 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were traveling, but stated that he did not know whether it was an intentional attack or a mistake by the Ukrainian military.
“I don’t know if they did it on purpose or by mistake, because they didn’t think it through. But it is clear that they did”stated during a meeting in St. Petersburg with Russian students participating in the military campaign Russian in Ukraine.
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The president highlighted that the Russian Army did not carry out the flight without reason and that “the main intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian Army knew that we were taking the military65 of the 190 planned”.
“And knowing that slaughtered that plane”he emphasized.
He added that before the accident “the launch of two missiles from a territory controlled by the Kiev regime.”
“The aircraft was shot down two or three minutes later. It was practically impossible to react”, He explained.
Furthermore, he ruled out that it was “friend fire“, since the plane was shot down by missiles and not by anti-aircraft artillery, as can be seen from the damage caused.
“Our anti-aircraft missile systems cannot shoot down our aircraft by definition. They have a “friend-foe” system and no matter how many times the operator presses the button, our anti-aircraft missile systems would not work.“, I argue.
He highlighted that Committee training Russia continues its investigations in this regard and has indicated that it will ask “make public, disclose as much as possible all the circumstances of this crime. So that people in Ukraine know what really happened.”
“In any case, what happened is a crime. Either ‘by carelessness‘ any deliberately“But in any case it is a crime,” he said, noting that the Ukrainian army “commits crimes every day, even against civilians.” he said.
After the accident of Il-76, Russia immediately accused Ukraine of its crash and stated that the Ukrainian authorities were aware of who was traveling on the plane.
Ukrainewho confirmed that an exchange was being prepared, states that the plane was carrying weapons and not prisoners of war.
Source: Elcomercio
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