The conclusion of the Russian investigative committee, in which it is claimed that the transport aircraft was shot down in Belgorod by a Ukrainian Patriot array, the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on her account Maria Zakharova.

The Russian official attacked the Biden administration for arming Kiev with weapons, including particularly effective countermeasures against Russia such as Patriot arrays.

“Russian Investigative Committee: ”Il-76 in Belgorod region shot down by MIM-104A missile from US Patriot array” US citizens need to know where their money is going. Biden and his team made the Americans complicit in a bloody tragedy” said Maria Zakharova characteristically.

On February 24, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukraine of shooting down a plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers intended for prisoner exchange.

The crew and all passengers on the plane were killed, he said, calling it a “terrorist attack” aimed at accusing Russia of killing Ukrainian servicemen.

Ukraine responded that the incident could be a “planned and deliberate” action by Moscow to “destabilize” the situation, saying it currently lacks “reliable and comprehensive information” about who and how many people were on board the plane.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he would persist in an international investigation into the accident.