A recent report disclosed that a Patriot missile system, provided to Ukraine by another country, was used to down a Russian Il-76 military transport plane near Belgorod. U.S. officials, speaking anonymously, indicated that Ukrainian prisoners of war were likely on board, but Russia's claim of over 60 deaths may be exaggerated. Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Secretary, Oleksiy Danilov, has denied that any Ukrainian POWs were on the aircraft that crashed on January 24. U.S. intelligence has not sought a joint investigation with Russia into the crash, as stated by the head of the SVR Naryshkin.
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, confirms the kremlin lied about Ukrainian Pows being on board the russian IL-76 which crashed recently. https://t.co/Tv7KR58vZB
#Ukraine's Secretary of the National Security & Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, said no Ukrainian prisoners were on the Russian Il-76 military transport plane that crashed in 🇷🇺 Belgorod region. Had there been - while Lavrov attended the UN in New York, he'd have been jumping… https://t.co/AS5MXLm0Mh
US intelligence did not propose jointly with the Russian Federation to investigate the Il-76 crash, said the head of the SVR Naryshkin. https://t.co/ZzKUi2bGvn
On the condition of anonymity, U.S. officials admit that an Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners was shot down by a Patriot missiIe Is it any wonder that Zaluzhny was fired ? https://t.co/QuCrr5nZ59
In an interview, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov stated that there were no Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the Russian military Il-76 plane that crashed near Belgorod on January 24. https://t.co/9zasPZeKSq
US admits ‘Patriot’ role in POW plane downing – NYT Unnamed officials insisted someone else provided the missile to Ukraine, however https://t.co/slgA4dVxCU https://t.co/18bEpdBE5t
The Zaluzhny firing is the headline news, naturally, but that’s been so obviously coming for more than a week that this revelation below is more interesting. It was my impression that Russia’s POW deaths claim about the downed Il-76 carried little weight, given what little… https://t.co/0vPw6mUEwA
“American officials […] said it appeared probable that at least some of them were Ukrainian prisoners. […] Russia may have overstated the number of deaths.” POW deaths are “probable,” but 65 is an “overstatement”? I wonder what the evidence is here… https://t.co/jr36nDqyL5
New report from @julianbarnes & @MarcSantoraNYT has some new information from U.S. officials on the downing of the Il-76 near Belgorod a couple weeks ago: a Patriot system was used for the downing, and there were likely PoWs on board. But probably not >60. https://t.co/508LwQYfvm https://t.co/expIJyhOwY