Source link The American-supplied Patriot launcher was used in the January 24 shooting down of the Russian Il-76 transport over Belgorod, the New York Times confirmed on Thursday, citing anonymous US officials. The plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners scheduled to be exchanged that afternoon, along with three observers and six crew. There were no […]
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West refusing to cooperate with Ukrainian POW plane crash investigation – Kremlin — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Western nations do not want to “stumble upon themselves” as a result of an international probe, Dmitry Peskov has said The US and its allies have shown little interest in launching an international probe into last week’s crash involving a Russian aircraft that was carrying Ukrainian captives, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists […]
Biden has made Americans complicit in Ukrainian POW deaths – Moscow — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link The Russian Foreign Ministry has responded after investigators concluded that a downed plane carrying Kiev’s troops was hit by Patriot missiles The US and its citizens are complicit in the deaths of the Ukrainian POWs who were killed when the Russian Il-76 military aircraft transporting them was shot down by Kiev’s troops last […]
Russia to continue POW exchanges with Ukraine – Putin — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link The two countries have conducted a swap involving 195 soldiers, one week after Kiev’s forces allegedly downed a plane carrying 65 of their compatriots You can share this story on social media: Follow RT on
Ukraine ‘considers us meat’ – POW who died in Belgorod crash — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link One of the soldiers about to be exchanged had testified about Kiev’s disdain for its troops One of the Ukrainian prisoners who died on Wednesday had spoken to RT in 2022 about why he surrendered. Konstantin Danilchenko was on the plane shot down by Ukrainian missiles over Russia’s Belgorod Region, with no survivors. […]
Kiev attack on POW plane ‘insane barbarism’ – Moscow — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Ukraine tried to set Russia up by sacrificing its citizens, the Foreign Ministry has said Kiev’s downing of a Russian cargo plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war is “an act of insane barbarism” that calls into question the possibility of further diplomatic engagement between the two countries, a senior Russian Foreign […]
Chechen leader says Ukrainian POW release offer was ‘trolling’ — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union
Source link Ramzan Kadyrov claims the suggestion was only aimed at showing that the US does not really care about the lives of Kiev’s troops The leader of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya has said US sanctions do not bother him or his family members, and that his proposal to release Ukrainian POWs in exchange for […]