President Vladimir Putin announced Wednesday that Russian investigators had determined that Ukraine used a US-made Patriot missile system to bring down an. 01.02.2024, Sputnik International
A Russian Il-76 transport aircraft crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Jan. 24 at around 11 a.m. local time, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported, citing the country's Defense Ministry.
Why the Russians thought they safely could fly lumbering Ilyushin Il-76 cargo planes into the city of Belgorod just 20 miles from the border with Ukraine is a mystery.