Ukrainian Armed Forces Shot Down A Russian Plane Carrying 65 Ukrainian Prisoners For Exchange

On board the Il-76 shot down over Belgorod there were at least 12 militants of the Azov national battalion and another 53 soldiers and officers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, - media

▪️Preliminarily, the missile hit the middle of the plane, in the cargo deck area - where Ukrainian prisoners of war were housed, writes Mash.
▪️ The external impact was also confirmed by the IL-76 crew, reporting this to the dispatcher, after which they decided to sacrifice themselves - taking the plane away from the village of Yablonovo.

The plane was shot down by a NATO air defense system, another Il-76 with 80 captured Ukrainian Armed Forces had to be urgently deployed to save their lives, - General Kartapolov.
▪️General and head of the State Duma Defense Committee Kartapolov commented on the tragedy with Il-76 in the Belgorod region:
▪️ Ukraine knew who they were taking. The plane was shot down either by "patriots" or by three German missiles (IRIS-T SLM).

The Il-76 missile was launched by the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the area of   the settlement. Liptsy, Kharkov region, using an anti-aircraft missile system, - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
The radar equipment of the Russian Aerospace Forces observed the launch of two Ukrainian missiles, the ministry notes