The United States does not yet have information that can confirm the presence of Ukrainian prisoners of war on board.
The United States could neither confirm nor deny that Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board the Il-76 plane, which crashed in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation on Wednesday, January 24. About this at briefing said White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby.
“The American side, at the moment, has no information that can confirm that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian Il-76 military transport plane that crashed in the Belgorod region. We have seen the reports, but cannot confirm them. We’re working hard to make sure we get more data,” Kirby said.
Also, the former special adviser on Russian affairs to the US Army in Europe, Mark Voyger, in a commentary on Sky News, noted that it is unlikely that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Russian Il-76.
At the same time, he added that the information that appears now is “sketchy.”
We remind you that on Wednesday it became known that an Il-76 military transport plane crashed in the Belgorod region. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that on board the plane were 65 alleged prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brought to the Belgorod region for exchange, six crew members and three accompanying persons.
In this regard, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War called not to spread fake news and said that information on this case is now being collected.
President Vladimir Zelensky said the Russians were playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners and stressed that Ukraine would insist on an international investigation.
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Source: korrespondent
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