There are no signs to indicate that there could have been dozens of people on board the IL-76 plane that crashed near Belgorod, as Russia claims. This was announced by the Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets during a telethon.
The ombudsman added that he supports President Volodymyr Zelensky's position on an international investigation.
"We do this in order to immediately analyze the condition of our heroes who return from captivity. We also record the conditions of detention of Russian prisoners of war by Ukraine. We make a special report that we will provide to international organizations to legally refute all the illegal statements of the Russian Federation that we are allegedly "mistreating Russian prisoners of war," he said.
According to him, Ukraine will facilitate the investigation and call for the involvement of international and Ukrainian experts.
Lubinets is convinced that, as in the case of Olenivka, the Russians will make unfounded statements, but will not allow anyone to visit, will not hand over any materials for analysis and will blame Ukraine.
The Ombudsman emphasized that it is not yet known who was on the IL-76 at the time of the crash.
He also doubts that there could have been dozens of people on board, as Russia claims.
"If there were bodies, again, I'm not an expert, but in my opinion, if the Russians had any photos or videos that they could show that there were prisoners of war, they would have used them. We did not see any signs that there were that many people on the plane. Ukrainian citizens or not," emphasized Lubinets.
