"Ukraine has the right to defense": the Armed Forces commented on a plane crash with IL-76 in the Russian Federation
This was stated on January 25 by the Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, commenting on the IL-76 plane crash in the Belgorod region of Russia. The commander noted that the Air Force of Ukraine is conducting a relentless struggle against the Russian invaders. He emphasized the active and decisive nature of the Air Force's actions in protecting citizens from terrorist attacks.
Oleshchuk noted that the frontal regions, such as Kharkiv, Kherson, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, are daily fired by enemy missiles, bombs and drones. The air forces take all necessary measures to identify and destroy the enemy both in the air and on Earth. Reports on the completed tasks indicate successful operations that lead to the destruction of Russian aircraft and their crews.
Lieutenant General Oleshchuk emphasized that air attacks on Ukraine do not stop, but every day there are more and more tools and opportunities to confront the enemy. "Many Russian aircraft, along with crews, will never be able to terrorize our people. They are destroyed! We have more and more tools and opportunities to get the enemy where he does not expect it!" Oleshchuk said.
The general also drew attention to the active attempts of Russian propaganda to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the world community. He stressed that the purpose of these actions is to reduce Ukraine's international support. "During the day of January 24, 2024, the fierce Russian propaganda directs the fake flow of information to the external audience - tries to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of the world community.
The goal is obvious - they want to reduce the international support of our country. It will not work! aggressor, "Oleshchuk said. In concluding his statement, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk emphasized that on the night of January 25, another Shahed strike attack was successfully reflected and promised to provide the results of the operation in the near future. On January 24, it became known that in the Belgorod region of Russia, an IL-76 military transport aircraft had fallen.
The Russian media, citing the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, reported that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of prisoners were allegedly taken to exchange could be on board. According to focus at the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the command cannot confirm that the aircraft was shot down by the Ukrainian rocket, as Roszma claimed.
The Coordination Headquarters on prisoners stated that they collect and analyze Russian media information that Il-76, who had fallen, allegedly were Ukrainian prisoners of war. On January 24, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Security Service of Ukraine was investigating all the circumstances of the disaster of the Russian military transport aircraft IL-76 in Belgorod region.