Zelenskyy's office says comments on Il-76 aircraft to come later

Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the head of the Presidential Office, has said he could not comment on the downing of the Il-76 aircraft in Russia.

Source: Podoliak in a comment to Reuters

Quote: "Comments will come a little later. Time is needed to clarify all the data."

Background: 

• An IL-76 aircraft crashed in the Korocha district of Russia's Belgorod Oblast, with a Russian investigation team and the Emergency Situations Ministry working at the scene. The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that there were 65 Ukrainian soldiers on board, who were being transported for a prisoner swap.
• An Ukrainska Pravda source said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were involved in the downing of the aircraft. At the same time, another source of the publication did not confirm this information.

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