Because the battle in Ukraine is about to finish its second anniversary, the battle remains to be raging, inflicting dying on land, at sea or on river waters, and on the air.
A Russian navy transport airplane carrying dozens of Ukrainian PoWs, in addition to a small variety of Russian crew and guards, was shot down from the sky in dramatic photos caught by a cellphone video.
All passengers contained in the aircraft are believed to have died.
A Russian IL-76 navy transport aircraft was transporting 65 Ukrainian POWs for an trade crashed in Belgorod Oblast. Mixed with 6 crew members and three individuals escorting the POWs, the dying toll rises to 74. pic.twitter.com/3bOP2T7JwT
— Paul Serran (@paul_serran) January 27, 2024
As with every little thing on this battle, the tragedy shortly become an data battle.
The Ukrainian regime first celebrated its feat in downing the aircraft, however quickly erased all social media messages about this and took a stance of ‘not acknowledging and never denying’ – however they aren’t actually fooling anybody.
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that the Russian navy aircraft was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses – whether or not on function or by mistake.
Kiev used ‘floor to air missiles’ to down the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft in Russia’s Belgorod area, killing 74 individuals on board, together with 65 captured Ukrainian troopers, who have been en path to be swapped for Russian PoWs.
⚠️BREAKING: Putin confirms it was an American Patriot missile or a French missile which shot down the Russian Il-76 carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners for trade.
Russia will current proof and provides a precise reply on the origin of the missile within the subsequent 72 hours. pic.twitter.com/BU42UNLaup
— Aussie Cossack (@aussiecossack) January 26, 2024
Reuters reported:
“‘I don’t know in the event that they did it on function or by mistake, however it’s apparent that they did it’, Putin stated in televised feedback, his first on the crash. ‘In any case, what occurred is a criminal offense. Both by way of negligence or on function, however in any case it’s a crime’.”
Ukraine denies that it was warned prematurely concerning the aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of battle, that might be flying over Russia’s southwestern Belgorod area at the moment.
“Putin stated the aircraft couldn’t have been introduced down by Russian “pleasant hearth” as a result of Russia’s air protection techniques have safeguards to forestall them attacking their very own planes.
“‘There are ´buddy or foe´ techniques there, and irrespective of how a lot the operator presses the button, our air protection techniques wouldn’t work’, he stated.
Putin stated the missiles fired have been largely probably American or French, however this might be established with certainty in two to a few days.”
In the meantime, Kiev is denying any duty within the matter.
Associated Press reported:
“Officers in Ukraine stated Russia has supplied no credible proof to again its claims that their very own forces shot down a navy transport aircraft carrying Ukrainian prisoners of battle who have been to be swapped for Russian POWs.
The Ukrainian company that offers with prisoner exchanges stated late Friday that Russian officers had “with nice delay” supplied it with an inventory of the 65 Ukrainians who Moscow stated had died within the Wednesday aircraft crash in Russia’s Belgorod area.”
The Russian Protection Ministry stated that missiles fired from throughout the border introduced down the transport aircraft.
“’We presently don’t have proof that there may have been that many individuals onboard the plane. Russian propaganda’s declare that the IL-76 plane was transporting 65 Ukrainian POWs (heading) for a prisoner swap continues to boost a number of questions’, Budanov, who heads Ukraine’s POW company, stated.”
Russia’s Putin pledged Friday to make the findings of Moscow’s crash investigation public.
“’There are black bins, every little thing will now be collected and proven’, Putin stated.”
Paperwork of Ukrainian prisoners of battle killed within the crash are being recovered from the location, in keeping with the Russian Investigative Committee. pic.twitter.com/wDycEQuIGB
— Paul Serran (@paul_serran) January 27, 2024
Kiev’s denials are getting a lot more durable to imagine since Russian investigators on the website are discovering arduous proof of the details. In one other Reuters report:
“Russia stated on Friday it had recovered Ukrainian id paperwork and tattooed physique elements from the location the place a Russian navy aircraft that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of battle crashed two days earlier close to the Ukrainian border.”
Physique elements are additionally being collected and eliminated for genetic testing – a few of them bearing distinctive Nazi tattoos.
“It stated the proof collected additionally included ‘paperwork of Ukrainian servicemen who died within the catastrophe, confirming their identities, in addition to accompanying paperwork from the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia’.”
The launch website of the anti-aircraft missile that downed the aircraft was decided by Russia to have been positioned within the village of Liptsy, within the Kharkov area, Ukraine.
