The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said that so far he has no reason to believe that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the downed IL-76, and there are no arguments to deny it, Voice of America reports.
"We demand an international investigation. As for the bodies of the prisoners of war, if they were really on board, they would definitely be near the wreckage, and Russia would use it. This did not happen - so there was nothing to show, probably. I feel déjà vu - a one-to-one coincidence with the tragedy in Olenivka. It's another attempt to launch an information campaign against our country using prisoners of war," the ombudsman said when asked by journalists what he had found out over the past week.
According to him, this is not the first and not the last Russian information campaign against Ukraine. Lubinets suggests that the crash was aimed at discrediting the military aid Ukraine receives.
"Pay attention to the instant reaction of Russian officials and parliamentarians. Can they react so quickly without coordination? An hour after the plane went down, the speaker of the Duma had already made a statement. And pay attention to who they are addressing: The United States and Germany. The United States is in first place in terms of military assistance, Germany is in second place. For my part, I immediately wrote an urgent letter to the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross. We are waiting for the results of a transparent and comprehensive international investigation," said the Ombudsman.
