On January 24 this year I reported from the site of the downing of a Russian Il-76 carrying Ukrainian prisoners of War for exchange, all crew and prisoners were killed in the attack

the Russian investigative committee has concluded its investigation, its been established that there were agreements on the exchange of prisoners that day on the border of the Belgorod and Sumy regions, and the Il-76 itself was in good condition at the time of the attack, which is confirmed by data from the flight recorder.

At the crash site, fragments of an American made anti-aircraft missile were found, which have been confirmed as two anti-aircraft missiles from the US Patriot air defense system. Also, the missile’s "destructive elements" were recovered from the body of one of the victims.

According to an analysis of video recordings from external surveillance cameras, the plane was hit by the first missile at an altitude of about 4 thousand meters. The second missile did not reach its target and self-destructed.

“The investigation has completed the element-by-element layout of the structural fragments of the aircraft. It has been established that the explosion of the missile warhead occurred in front of the cockpit from above, to the left in the direction of flight. Multiple through-hole damage was recorded, characteristic of penetration by the striking elements of an anti-aircraft guided missile,” said the Investigative Committee.

Previously, the RF IC had already published footage of the wreckage of the Patriot air defense system, but the second half of the video with the reconstruction of the fuselage of the downed Il-76 based on the collected debris with characteristic traces of the striking elements of the missile defense system is crucial evidence previously unseen.

Pro Ukrainian Western media and commentators had suggested Russia had shot down its own plane

Another Ukrainian lie exposed and debunked, follow me @irishmaninrussia @boweschay on X

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