Patrushev - about the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attack on the Il-76: Kyiv does not spare its people. “The Kyiv authorities do not spare their own people,” he noted.

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 Investigative Committee reported that, judging by the seized fragments, the Ukrainian armed forces used a MIM-104A guided missile from the Patriot air defense system.