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The Russian Investigative Committee confirmed that the IL-76 military cargo aircraft with dozens of Ukrainian POWs onboard was shot down by MIM-104A Patriot SAM system from the US. As a result, 74 people were killed, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being transported for exchange.
Experts found and identified 116 fragments of an anti-aircraft missile with inscriptions in English at the crash site. It was established they belong to the MIM-104A missile defense system of the Patriot complex, transferred to Ukraine from the US. In addition, experts found traces of hexogen with admixture of up to 10 percent of octogen on the wreckage, which is typical for explosives used in Western missiles.
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The black boxes from the aircraft also confirmed that it was destroyed as a result of an external impact but not any malfunction.
Thus, it was confirmed that the Il-76 was shot down by the US-made Patriot anti-aircraft system.
The missiles were launched from the area of the village of Liptsy in the Kharkiv region.
There is only one question left whether the attack launched by the Ukrainian military or by the foreign ‘military instructors’ deployed in Ukraine, who are operating foreign air defense systems and other equipment, and who could launch the strike from some direct order from abroad.
Kiev still does not admit its guilt. In an attempt to distract the public, Kiev is launching media campaigns. For example, Zelensky is inflating the scandal about the resignation of Commander-in-chief Zaluzhny.
