Investigation has found that the Ilyushin-76 military transport airplane was shot down in the Belgorod Region with a US-made Patriot surface-to-air system, which fired two missiles.
"According to the findings produced by expert examination conducted in the course of the investigation, the fragments recovered from the scene of the incident, according to their design features, geometric parameters and available markings, are identified as elements of the anti-aircraft guided missile MIM-104A of the US Patriot system, developed by Raytheon and Hughes corporations and produced by Raytheon", the press service of the Investigative Committee told the media.
It was also established that the aircraft was attacked by two missiles from the area of Liptsy, in the Kharkov Region of Ukraine.
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ВСУ использовали для уничтожения самолета Ил-76 зенитную управляемую ракету MIM-104A комплекса Рatriot, сообщил СК.
ReplyDelete"По заключению проведенных в ходе следствия экспертиз, изъятые с места происшествия фрагменты, согласно их конструктивным особенностям, геометрическим характеристикам и имеющимся маркировочным обозначениям, являются элементами конструкции зенитной управляемой ракеты MIM-104A комплекса Patriot", — говорится в пресс-релизе.