Putin doubles down on claims that Russian jet was downed by US missiles

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Putin doubles down on claims that Russian jet was downed by US missiles

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Vladimir Putin appears to be doubling down on claims that the Russian IL-76 army aircraft was introduced down by Western weapons.

The Russian president stated on Wednesday that Ukraine used a US Patriot missile defence system to shoot down the transport aircraft over the border city Belgorod.

'The skilled evaluation has already established that. We insist that a world investigation be carried out. No international organisations are prepared to do this,' he stated.

Putin stated that Ukraine had fired two missiles on the aircraft, resulting in a fireball within the sky.

Footage broadcast on Russian TV exhibits investigators on the scene of the disaster that passed off last week.

A number of charred fragments with English writing on them – stated to be the remains of the US missile – have been paraded on display.

A fraction of a missile that was used to shoot down the Russian Ilyushin Il-76 army transport aircraft (Image: Reuters)

The piece was found on the crash website close to the village of Yablonovo in the Belgorod area (Image: Reuters)

Ukraine and Russia traded the blame over the explosion and the crash, which was captured on a video.

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But Putin took it a step additional, stressing that Ukraine used a US weapon to attack the aircraft.

The Kremlin also alleged that the crash killed all 74 individuals onboard, including the 65 Ukrainian prisoners of struggle (PoWs) heading for a swap.

The offender for the downing, the Russian Defence Ministry stated, was Ukraine itself.

Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied that it shot down the aircraft, and has demanded proof of who was on board.

But a Ukrainian army spy official stated on Tuesday that Russia has been displaying no willingness to return the bodies.

Spokesperson Andriy Yusov was quoted as saying by Suspilne broadcaster: 'It's a press release from Russia that our prisoners have been there, and to date we will analyse solely their words.

'Now there isn't a readiness to switch the bodies from the opposite aspect.'

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