Lukashevich: Russia expects Ukraine's downing of Il-76 to receive condemnation OSCE

2024-01-25T17:37:25.706Z

Highlights: Lukashevich: Russia expects Ukraine's downing of Il-76 to receive condemnation OSCE. 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 Ministry of Defense stated that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian Il- 76 military transport aircraft with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel over the Belgorod region using an anti-aircraft missile system. “We expect this to receive international condemnation, including here,” RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

Russia expects that the downing of an Il-76 plane by the Ukrainian military in the Belgorod region will receive international condemnation, including at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. This was stated by Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE, Alexander Lukashevich.