DIU confirms that Russian pilot "ratted out" his colleagues after strike on Okhmatdet

DIU confirms that Russian pilot "ratted out" his colleagues after strike on Okhmatdet

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a Russian pilot of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division betrayed his colleagues by passing information about them to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine after the attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital.

The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine confirmed that a Russian pilot of the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division passed information about his colleagues to Ukrainian intelligence after the attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital. This was stated by a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Yevhen Yerin during a telethon, an UNN correspondent reports.

Details

When asked whether, after the enemy attack on Okhmatdyt, one of the Russian pilots actually passed information about those who carry out such attacks to the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Yerin replied: "I am not commenting on this event or this information at this time. The only thing I can say is that the information that was made public about war criminals on the part of the Russian Federation is indeed true.

When asked whether the information currently being reported in the media was true, Yerin said: "Yes, it is. The information about war criminals on the part of the Russian Federation, which was covered in relation to these strikes, is indeed true.

Any information about the enemy is valuable. The question is when and how it will be used is another matter, but the value of information about enemy officers and leadership is beyond question,

- Yerin said when asked whether the GUR works with this information regardless of its source.

Context

UNN, citing its own sources , reportedthat a Russian pilot of the 22nd Heavy Bombardment Aviation Division passed on to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine information about his colleagues after the attack on the Okhmatdyt children's hospital. They are the ones who are constantly shelling Ukrainian cities with X-101 missiles.

The Molfar website published a list of Russian military personnel belonging to the units responsible for the attack on the Okhmatdyt hospital, as well as their personal data.

The Security Service of Ukraine reportedthat it has received new evidence confirming that Russia hit Okhmatdyt with an X-101 missile.

Bellingcat released an investigation into the Russian X-101 strike on Okhmatdet. The X Mask network is now labeling it as dangerous content.