IL-76 catastrophe near Belgorod: What could be carried by Russians near borders with Ukraine (photo)

There is no official information about possible victims yet, but the network says that there were 63 people on board, who all allegedly died. The focus found out the details of the catastrophe of the Russian IL-76 and the importance it is for the Armed Forces. The IL-76 military aircraft fell 5-6 kilometers from the village of Yablunove in the Korochan district of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation. This is 86 km from Kharkiv region.

A number of Telegram channels publish footage from the scene and claim that all the crew members have died as a result of the fall of the aircraft. There are also rumors that there were about 60 people on board the transport aircraft. Russian channels disperse the noise and claim that Ukrainian prisoners of war were transported on board IL-76, which were transported to the Belgorod region for exchange.

Later, the propagandists referred to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and reported that there were 74 people on board. Of these, there are 65 captives of the Armed Forces, 6 crew members and three accompanying ones. The Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, as usual, did not give a specific and understandable answer. When asked if Vladimir Putin reported about Il-76 disaster, he replied that he could not say anything because the information was fresh.

"This is quite new, fresh information. Now we will deal with it. So far I can't say anything," Peskov replied. Meanwhile, there were data that the aircraft could be knocked down with the air defense system. Russian "Warriors" posted a photo from the scene where traces of the rocket explosion were allegedly visible. At the time of publication of official comments from the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as from officials, there was no.

However, journalists of "Ukrainian Truth", citing sources in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that the aircraft was transporting rockets for Russian S-300 SPR. But there are no words about staying aboard more than 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war. There were also no official statements about the involvement of the Ukrainian forces in the IL-76 disaster in the Belgorod region.

Although the authors of the Channel "Operational Armed Forces" wrote that the plane that transported the missiles to the C-300 complexes was shot down by Ukrainian forces. The "militant" observers noted that the cause of the fall of the aircraft could be a friendly fire, because it was at this point that air alarm was announced in the Belgorod region. In addition, the plane could not be excluded due to a technical malfunction.

With regard to information about the stay of Ukrainian prisoners of war on board a Russian transport aircraft, it can be an element of the information and psychological operation of the Russians. Meanwhile, the hosts of the Ukrainian military channel Militation Journal, having indicated the geodes of the fall, noted that the Russian transporter was flying north or northwest, not towards the Ukrainian border.

Therefore, there were no Ukrainian prisoners of war on his board, according to Russian sources. IL-76 is a Soviet heavy military transport aircraft that was commissioned in the mid-1970s. It became the first in the history of the USSR a military transport aircraft with a turbojet engine, which was intended for transportation of military equipment and personnel of the Armed Forces. According to open sources, the aircraft can take up to 60 tons of cargo and deliver it up to 4. 2 thousand kilometers.