Plane crash in the Belgorod region. The main theories as of this hour.
Ministry of Defense of Russia issued a statement regarding the Il-76 crash. In it:
▪️ plane crash under Belgorod called a "terrorist act" committed by the "Nazi Kyiv regime";
▪️ It was stated that the Ukrainian leadership knew that today Ukrainian servicemen would be transported by military transport plane to the Belgorod airfield for an exchange;
▪️ It is claimed that the plane was shot down APU from the area of the settlement Liptsy, Kharkiv region using air defense systems, “pursuing the goal of accusing Russia of destroying Ukrainian military personnel.”
Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine officially confirmedA prisoner exchange was scheduled for January 24. The agency did not specify whether they could have been on the plane that crashed in the Belgorod region.
“But I can confirm that the exchange planned for today is not yet taking place.”, said a representative of the administration. Andrey Yusov.
"Important stories" quote Ukrainian military observer Alexandra Kovalenko, who drew attention to the fact that in the photo from the crash site no signs scattered bodies. He also noted that, according to the Russian Federation's statement, there were "only three escorts" for the 65 prisoners.
Also edition cites an opinion Ukrainian OSINT analyst "Pandori's Screenshot" that the exchange of prisoners of war was supposed to take place on the border of the Belgorod region, but the Il-76 was flying in the opposite direction.
Head of RT Margarita Simonyan laid out "list of Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the crashed IL-76."
Photo: RIA Novosti. Still from an eyewitness video.