Permanent Representative Lukashevich: Russia will seek a clear response from the OSCE on the Il-76

2024-01-25T17:17:59.571Z

Highlights: Permanent Representative Lukashevich: Russia will seek a clear response from the OSCE on the Il-76. On board were six crew members, 65 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them. They all died. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian Il- 76 military transport aircraft with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel over the Belgorod region using an anti-aircraft missile system. The head of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights (HRC), Valery Fadeev, previously demanded that international organizations, including the OSce, condemn Ukraine.

Russia intends to achieve a clear response from the OSCE to the downing of an Il-76 plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war by the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Belgorod, said Russian permanent representative to the organization Alexander Lukashevich.