Remains of those killed in the crash of the IL-76 near Belgorod identified in Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Russia claims that it has identified the remains of 74 people killed in the crash of the IL-76 plane near Belgorod as 6 Russian crew members, 3 Russian military police officers, and 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
Russia claims to have received genetic analyses of the remains of the victims of the IL-76 crash near Belgorod. The seized body fragments allegedly belong to 74 people, among whom, according to the Russian Federation's Investigative Committee, are Ukrainian prisoners of war, members of the occupying country's military police and members of the Russian crew, UNN reports.
The results of genetic examinations made it possible to draw an unequivocal conclusion that the recovered body fragments belonged to 6 crew members, 3 military police officers and 65 Ukrainian servicemen,
The Russian investigation allegedly had genetic profiles of all Ukrainian prisoners on board the IL-76, as samples of biological material were taken from Ukrainians during the detention.
Recall
In Russia, a criminal case was opened over the crash of an Il-76 airplane in the Belgorod region.
The head of Ukraine's Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate, Kyrylo Budanov, said that Russia has not provided sufficient evidence to support its claims about who was on board the IL-76 military transport plane that crashed near Belgorod.
During the recent exchange of servicemen , there were no fighterswho were planned to be returned on January 24, but were not due to the crash of a Russian IL-76 aircraft.
