Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine stated that it is asking for the return of the bodies of prisoners killed in the Il-76 crash. Six crew members, 65 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them all died.

Investigation found out that the anti-aircraft missile weapons from which the attack was carried out were located in the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region. The remains of the victims have already been identified, more than 670 fragments of bodies were found at the crash site.