Moscow described this Thursday, January 25 as a “monstrous act” by kyiv the crash of a Russian military transport plane, for which it blamed Ukraine.
The Kremlin accuses kyiv of being responsible for the crash of the Russian plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war in Belgorod region this Wednesday, January 24. Moscow described this Thursday as a “monstrous act” by kyiv.
“This is of course a completely monstrous act,” said spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian news agencies.
According to Moscow, the plane shot down on Wednesday 45 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, in the Russian region of Belgorod, was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange.
All 74 people on board the plane are believed to have died
All 74 people on board the plane, including Ukrainian prisoners of war, died in the crash, according to Russian authorities. “No one will be able to tell you what impact this will have on the prospects of prolonging the process” of the exchange of prisoners, warned Dmitri Peskov.
kyiv has neither confirmed nor denied that the plane was shot down by Ukrainian weapons, as Moscow maintains. President Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, called for an international investigation.
