A draft appeal to the US Congress regarding the downing of the Il-76 Armed Forces was submitted to the State Duma. On January 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian military transport plane with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel over the Belgorod region.
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. Also, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow insists on an international investigation into the crash.