Putin: Downing of Il-76 is a crime that was done with western equipment

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting “Tass” news agency, “Vladimir Putin”, the president of Russia, announced that the remnants of weapons recovered from the crash site of the Il-76 transport plane carrying prisoners of war shot down by the Ukrainian armed forces show that in this attack, a western air defense system was used. (France or the United States) has been used.

Putin said last night in a meeting with student soldiers participating in military conflicts in Ukraine: “The attack on this plane from The areas under the control of Kyiv were carried out by Ukrainian air defense systems. Most likely, these are American Patriot systems or European air defense systems, possibly French, and this issue will be determined precisely in a day or two.”

He reminded that before the plane crashed, the Russian side had recorded the launch of two missiles from the areas under the control of the Ukrainian military and added: “Two or three minutes later, the plane was hit and it was almost impossible to react to it.” p style=”text-align:justify”>The President of Russia emphasized that the main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the armed forces of this country were fully aware of the transfer of 65 Ukrainian prisoners to the region by a military plane. He said: “The main intelligence department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine knew that we were taking 65 of their prisoners of war to the region, and in total, in my opinion, the transfer of 190 people was planned, and knowing this, they targeted this plane. I don’t know if they did it thoughtlessly, on purpose or by mistake. In any case, they committed this crime.”

Putin added: There are many evidences that confirm Ukraine’s involvement in the plane crash, secondly, this incident could not have been caused by ” “Friendly fire”, as they say in such cases, occurred. Especially considering the fact that the Il-76 was attacked with the help of an air defense system, which does not operate domestically against Russian aircraft.

he He explained that Russian air defense systems, by their operational definition, cannot attack their own aircraft, because the system detects “friendly or enemy” aircraft.

The President of Russia also reminded that only a court can identify the Security Service of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine as terrorist organizations. He added: “These decisions are not taken by administrative institutions at any level, but only by the court. According to Russian law, only a court can recognize an organization as terrorist, and that is what is happening here. And to this day, organizations such as “Right Front”, “Aidar”, “Azov” and other similar groups operating on the territory of today’s Ukraine have been recognized by the terrorist court and that is what they are.”

At the same time, he reminded that today all Kyiv officials who commit new crimes every day are terrorists, and this is not just a judicial decision, but a political-historical decision.

The President added that he has ordered the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation to make all the details of this tragedy public as possible so that the people of Ukraine and those who lost their loved ones , know what really happened.

Putin: More than 600,000 people are in the war zone in Ukraine

Vladimir Putin also announced that more than 600,000 Russian military personnel are currently present in the conflict zone. He said: “Certainly there are issues that need more attention and finding a solution; There is always something to be adjusted and improved, because the war zone is very large – it is almost 2 thousand kilometers wide and there are already more than 600 thousand people in the war zone. Therefore, a very large government mechanism should work to coordinate actions.”

In this regard, the Russian president invited the participants of the meeting to discuss the necessary additional measures in order to reduce the number of these problems or reduce them to zero.

At the same time, Putin called the defense of the homeland the only motivation for starting a military conflict in Ukraine and emphasized Kurd: “There were no other considerations except one, and that – protection of Russia’s interests.” There was and is no other motive.”

He also reminded: We tried to establish good relations with Ukraine for several decades. A lot of work was done in this direction: the Russian side accepted different conditions proposed by the Kiev authorities. For example, he provided energy sources at an affordable price, paid them various loans, provided his market to this country. But still nothing helped. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, nationalists and people with strong anti-Russian inclinations were always the real masters of Ukraine. However, according to Putin, Russia was still patiently trying to maintain relations with Kiev, using only peaceful means, and the country “had no intention of fighting”.

The President of Russia emphasized in this meeting that the killing of defenseless people in the Donbas region for eight years is a real genocide. According to him, Russia’s geopolitical enemy staged a coup in Kiev and began to physically destroy those who wanted to establish normal relations with Russia. Vladimir Putin added: “Certainly, events What happened there, especially in the territories occupied by the enemy, was nothing but genocide and there is no other way to call it. “The goal was only to destroy the Russians living in the eastern and southeastern regions of Ukraine, whose existence was not recognized according to the adopted laws.”

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