Putin's statements about the downing of IL-76 were commented on in the GUR
During the UN Security Council meeting, Russia did not provide any details or evidence that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the plane.
Putin speaks untruth when he claims that Russian air defence has never shot down Russian aircraft. A representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Defence Ministry, Andriy Yusov, said this on 29 January on the air of Radio Liberty.
At the end of last week, Putin said that Russian air defence could not have shot down the Il-76, because the Russian planes are equipped with the "own-stranger" system.
As for the words of a man similar to Put in in this situation he is, as always, lying. Firstly, "friendly fire" and shooting down of Russian planes by Russian anti-aircraft and missile defence systems in different parts of the Russian Federation and occupied territories near the front line have been repeatedly recorded. Besides, if we talk about the "own-stranger" system, it does not always work, and in the case of the calculations of man-portable systems, which Belgorod is also saturated with, it is not an argument at all. So, of course, these words are more of an excuse," Yusov said.
He stressed that during the UN Security Council meeting Russia did not provide any details or evidence that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the downed plane.
Yusov noted that Ukraine expected that the Russian Federation would provide facts besides a stream of some propaganda statements.
We have not seen anything new, so the investigation continues," Yusov said.
He stressed that as for the fate of these people, of course, Ukraine will make every effort to find out, it will definitely be done.
We will remind, on 24 January, the Russian military transport aircraft IL-76 crashed in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. The Russian Defence Ministry said that there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board, who were being transported for exchange.