The russian military transport aircraft IL-76, which crashed in the belhorod region of the russian federation the day before, was supposed to have high-ranking officials of the aggressor state.

This was stated by Andrii Yusov, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, in a comment for ‘Radio Liberty’.

“It is known that several VIP officials from the military and political leadership of the aggressor state should really have been on board. Their names are known and will be named, the materials will be transferred as part of an international investigation,” Andrii Yusov said.

He added that before take-off, the russian special services forbade these russian officials to board the aircraft.

“But at the last moment the Fsb actually ordered them not to board this aircraft and use other modes of transport. This information was already found out after the incident happened,” the DIU representative said.

After the crash of the IL-76, russian rescuers arrived at the scene, but they were not allowed to inspect the crash site ― the representatives of the ministry of emergency situations were driven out by representatives of the fsb.

The representative of Ukrainian military intelligence emphasized that the video from the crash site does not show any human bodies.

“We know from intelligence sources that only five bodies had been delivered to the belhorod morgue. In fact, this number corresponds to the number of crew members of the same IL-76, an airplane that was part of the russian aerospace forces,” Andrii Yusov summarized.