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[Regnum] The Russian Il-76 aircraft, transporting captured Ukrainian military personnel, was shot down on the orders of the commander of the 138th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Nikolai Dzyaman. This was established by the Investigative Committee of Russia during the investigation of the disaster that occurred in January 2024 in the Belgorod region.
According to the department, the plane was hit by an anti-aircraft missile from one of the Patriot air defense systems, which are in service with the 138th Brigade.
“The servicemen who struck the aircraft were carrying out an illegal order from the brigade commander Nikolai Dzyaman and the higher command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the press service of the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.
Dzyaman is accused of committing a terrorist act and is on the international wanted list. Other accomplices in the crime, including high-ranking Ukrainian military officers, are being identified.
The results of the investigation were reported to the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, at an operational meeting of the headquarters for the investigation of Kiev's crimes, which took place in Donetsk, the department noted.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 24 last year, a heavy military transport aircraft Il-76 of the Russian Aerospace Forces, which took off from the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow, crashed in the Belgorod region, near the village of Yablonovo. There were 74 people on board: six crew members, three escorts and 65 captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who were being transported to Belgorod for exchange. They all died.
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