Some Ukrainian prisoners named by Russian sources as killed in the Il-76 crash had already been returned to Ukraine in earlier exchanges.
Unresolvable Claimed by Government of Ukraine on 25 January 2024.
The statement
Ukraine's human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said crash-site images showed no sign of a large number of people aboard the Il-76 and that some prisoners Russian sources listed as dead had already been exchanged.
- Origin of the claim Kyiv Independent
Verdict history
| When | From | To | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 18:00 UTC | Open | Unresolvable | Open 12 months after it was said (2024-01-25) with nothing in the record to settle it. ev-20261027-fx75 records ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets's statement and the UN's inability to verify the circumstances. The record holds no independent check of the Russian list of names against earlier exchanges. |
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The War Record, claim cl-20261027-ke23, revision 2, https://thewarrecord.com/claims/cl-20261027-ke23/