An examination confirmed that the Il-76 was shot down by a Western missile. The plane was hit in the Belgorod region by either the French air defense system or the American Patriot complex.
Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin instructed to prepare an appeal to the American Congress and the Bundestag. The missiles that shot down the plane with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were launched from Ukrainian territory. The Investigative Committee claims that the anti-aircraft missile weapons were located in the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region.