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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine was shot down intentionally or accidentally by Ukrainian air defenses. According to Putin, the missiles were American or French. He expressed regret only for the deceased Russian pilots.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Kiev for the crash of a Russian military transport plane on Wednesday. According to Moscow, dozens of people died in the crash; most of the passengers were Ukrainian prisoners of war.
According to Putin, it could not have been a case of so-called “friendly fire” because the plane was hit by air defense systems. “And our air defense systems, by definition, cannot hit our own aircraft: there are ‘own foreign’ systems, and no matter how hard the operator presses the button, our air defense systems would not work,” Putin explained that there could not be Russian missiles. These are probably American Patriot systems or European air defense systems. “Most likely the French, in a few days or in three days there will be an exact answer,” Putin added.
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“But in any case what happened was a criminal act, either negligent, I have to use that legal wording, or intentional. But in any case it is a criminal offense,” said the Russian President about the incident. According to Putin, Ukraine commits similar crimes every day, including against civilians. Nevertheless, Putin only expressed regret for the Russian pilots in connection with the plane crash. He also expressed his condolences to his families.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for an international investigation into the crash of the Russian plane. “All clear facts must be clarified. As much as possible given the fact that the plane crashed on Russian territory – beyond our control,” Zelensky said on Wednesday evening.
“The Security Service of Ukraine is investigating all the circumstances,” Zelensky said. “I have instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine to provide our partners with the information available to Ukraine. “Our state will insist on an international investigation,” the server quoted the Ukrainian president as saying Politico.
Ukrainian intelligence confirmed that the prisoner exchange was scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Kiev is now accusing Moscow of knowingly endangering Ukrainian prisoners by not informing Ukraine that they were being transported through the airspace at a certain time. “This could indicate deliberate actions by Russia aimed at endangering the lives and safety of prisoners. “Landing a commercial aircraft in a 30-kilometer-long war zone cannot be safe and must definitely be discussed by both sides, otherwise it jeopardizes the entire process of exchanges,” Ukrainian intelligence added.
The coordinator of the Media Initiative for Human Rights, Olga Reschetylová, writes in a statement on Facebook that it is not yet possible to refute or confirm any version of the downing of the Il-76 aircraft in the Belgorod region. “In order to obtain accurate information, international organizations could gain access to Russian territory if they insist.” However, they are not insisting on this yet. But the speed and coordination of the Russian authorities’ response seems very strange and unusual. “We know that in the Kremlin they usually coordinate everything for a long time, but here they came together within a few hours,” she added.
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