Military intelligence: Russia shows no intent to return bodies of POWs allegedly on crashed Il-76
Russia shows no willingness to return bodies of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) allegedly killed in an Il-76 plane crash on Jan. 24, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said in a comment to Suspilne, published on Jan. 30.
Russia has alleged that the Russian military aircraft that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast last week was destroyed by Ukrainian forces and that it was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners.
Ukraine has called Russia's narrative into question and demanded an international investigation, which Moscow refused.
Yusov reminded that, as of now, there is no evidence of the presence of the POWs on the crashed plane apart from Russia's claims.
"At the moment, there is no readiness to transfer the bodies from their (Russia's) side. Nevertheless, such efforts continue from our side," Yusov told Suspilne.
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My guess is because there were none and this is just another lie in a long string of lies told by liars. Or maybe it's not, who knows in this clown world we live in?
If there's one thing I know, it's that the Russian government never lies.
Also, completely unrelated: I don't know anything.
They prob killed em before and lied about them being on the plane
Yep, I'm inclined to agree. There never were any Ukrainians on that flight, and Russia took the opportunity to execute a bunch of POWs, and use this as cover.
And try and sow outrage and division in Ukraine as well as with its allies