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| Britain is behind the attack on the Il-76 with prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, media write |
| 2024-02-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The blame for the death of Ukrainian Armed Forces prisoners of war and the Russian crew of an Il-76 shot down by a Ukrainian missile lies with Kiev’s British advisers, RIA Novosti writes, citing a source familiar with the situation. According to him, the attack on the aircraft was carried out under pressure from the British without coordination with the air defense headquarters in Kyiv. It is also reported that no additional cross-checking of information about the movement of aircraft over the territory of the Belgorod region was carried out. As reported by Regnum news agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Il-76 military transport plane with captured Ukrainian military personnel on January 24 from an anti-aircraft missile system from the territory of the Kharkov region. On board were 65 captured soldiers, as well as six crew members and three accompanying persons. No one survived. The Russian Ministry of Defense called the incident a terrorist attack. During the investigation, it turned out that the Ukrainian Armed Forces used a MIM-104A anti-aircraft guided missile from the Patriot complex to attack the Il-76. According to investigators, the crew of the air defense system consisted not only of Ukrainian, but also of American military personnel. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on January 31 that Moscow insists on an international investigation into this terrorist attack. Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on February 8 that he had achieved serious meetings with representatives of the White House National Security Council and the US State Department on the issue of the terrorist attack. He presented the American side with evidence of the use of the Patriot air defense system against the Il-76 and reported on Moscow’s proposal to conduct an international investigation. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 And we're back to "perfidious Albion"... There's a lot to not not like the Brits for, you don't need to go making stuff up. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-02-19 10:03 |
| #1 the crew of the air defense system consisted not only of Ukrainian, but also of American military personnel. Because it actually hit the target? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-02-19 05:13 |