Kyiv has found some of the prisoners from the stated Russian list of persons allegedly on board the Il-76 plane that crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia.
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This list, claimed by Russian propaganda, contains disagreements. It turned out that some Ukrainians on this list had already exchanged before. This was stated by Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmitry Lubinets, Sky News reports.
Yes, we found Ukrainian citizens on the list who had previously exchanged,” the Ombudsman noted.
Let us remind you that on January 24, an Il-76 military transport plane crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia. Russia blamed Ukraine for the crash of the ship and stated that there were allegedly 65 prisoners, six crew members and three accompanying persons on the plane.
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense stated that an exchange was indeed supposed to take place on January 24, but did not confirm the presence of Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Il-76.
The Main Intelligence Directorate also stated that the Il-76 is carrying missile weapons to the airfield in Engels and to Belgorod itself. Intelligence does not rule out the possibility that the Russian Federation could use Ukrainian prisoners of war, in fact, as human shields for transporting ammunition and weapons for missile systems.
Source: Sky News
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