According to local ** reports, Yusov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency, said on the 2nd that the Ukrainian side has been asking Russia to release the remains of the servicemen who died in the crash of the Il-76 plane and will continue to do so. Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency News ** Yusov also said that the Russian side claimed that the 65 Ukrainian servicemen who died as a result of the crash of the Il-76 plane have not changed their identities and are still being treated as prisoners of war.
Russian officials have not yet confirmed whether they have received a request from the Ukrainian side to return the bodies of servicemen captured when the plane crashed.
Not so long ago, Russia's Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed that an American-made Patriot anti-aircraft rocket was hit by an American-made anti-tank missile in Belgorod Oblast on January 24. ** said that the Ukrainian armed forces used anti-aircraft to attack Russian Il-76 aircraft in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. However, the Ukrainian side has not yet reacted in any way.
At the same time, the Russian Federal Investigation Agency declared that through genetic testing, it was possible to establish that all the bodies at the crash site were all the people on the plane, including 65 Ukrainian servicemen.
Russian spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the same day that some Western powers such as Europe and the United States were unwilling to launch an investigation into the crash of the Russian Il-76 plane for fear of being held accountable.
On January 31, Russia's Putin said that Russia's Il-76 transport plane was hit by a US-made "Patriot" missile from Ukrainian-controlled areas. He said that Russia called for an international study.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has claimed that a Russian Il-76 plane crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia on January 24, including 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers, six crew members and three entourages, and all passengers were killed.