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| Moskalkova: Russia is ready to hand over to Ukraine the bodies of those killed in the Il-76 crash |
| 2024-03-02 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Ukraine has approached the Russian side regarding the possible transfer of the bodies of those killed in the crash of the Il-76 military aircraft in the Belgorod region, said Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova. “There was such a conversation about whether the Russian side is ready to give up the bodies,” the ombudsman answered the corresponding question from RIA Novosti. Moskalkova also emphasized that Russia can identify the identities of all those killed in the crash. There is evidence for this and all DNA samples, which, according to the examination, allow identification. In addition, Moscow is ready to transfer to Kyiv the bodies of those killed in the Il-76 crash; it has everything necessary for this. The bodies can be transferred according to existing procedures, the ombudsman added. As Regnum reported, on January 24, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian Il-76 military transport plane with captured Ukrainian military personnel 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. Immediately after the crash, people in Ukraine began to spread information that the plane had been shot down by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. However, after it became known about the prisoners on board, the news began to be deleted and corrected. A number of Ukrainian publications wrote that reports about the involvement of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the downing were allegedly not confirmed; the plane was allegedly transporting missiles for the S-300 complexes. Other Ukrainian sources claimed that the aircraft was hit by Western air defense systems - either Patriot or IRIS. After the Il-76 disaster, Ukrainian prisoners began to be afraid to return home because of the possibility of dying from the missiles of their own countrymen. One of the prisoners of war called the incident a crime for which the perpetrators must be punished. The Russian Ministry of Defense called Kiev's strike on the plane a terrorist attack. After the removal of fragments of the Il-76, it became clear that the MIM-104A anti-aircraft guided missile from the Patriot complex was used to attack the plane. |
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