Naryshkin: the US reacted negatively to the downing of an Il-76 plane carrying prisoners of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Six crew members, 65 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them all died.
On January 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian Il- 76 military transport plane with captured Ukrainian Armed forces military personnel over the Belgorod region using an anti-aircraft missile system. The Russian Foreign Intelligence Service director said that high-ranking officials in the United States reacted negatively.