Kyiv on Thursday demanded a global investigation because it launched it is personal probe into the downing of a Russian army plane that killed 65 Ukrainian prisoners of battle.
The SBU safety service opened Thursday a legal probe into the crash that Moscow claims was attributable to two Ukrainian missiles.
Ukrainian authorities have but to verify whether or not the captured troopers have been killed or if it was concerned within the capturing down over Russia’s western Belgorod area, near the border with Ukraine.
“The security service of Ukraine has opened a criminal investigation into the downing of an IL-76 Russian Air Force plane in the Belgorod region,” the SBU press service stated.
“The SBU is currently taking a range of measures to clarify all the circumstances of the downing,” it stated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy known as Wednesday for a global investigation into the incident.
Kyiv has confirmed a prisoner trade was on account of happen Wednesday on the border between the 2 nations, however stated Moscow didn’t inform them that any POWs could be transported by airplane.
Ukraine has additionally not confirmed or denied Russia’s central declare that Kyiv shot down the airplane, killing dozens of Ukrainian troopers on board.
The SBU stated its legal probe was contemplating “violations of the laws and customs of war”.
Zelenskyy warned Thursday that Ukraine’s capacity to determine information surrounding the crash could be hampered provided that it occurred on Russian territory.
Source: www.dailysabah.com