The rescue teams found the flight recorders this Thursday Russian military aircraft Il-76 which crashed the day before in Russia's Belgorod region with 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who, according to the emergency services, were to be exchanged for Russian soldiers.
“According to preliminary data The condition of both black boxes allows them to be decrypted. “They will be transported by a special flight to a Defense Ministry laboratory (in Moscow) where their contents will be analyzed,” an emergency spokesman told the TASS agency.
Another source cited by the RIA Nóvosti agency said that the flight recorders were in the city Airplane tail.
The plane crashed this Wednesday in the Russian region of Belgorod, on the border with Ukraineas he was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war to be exchanged for Russian soldiers, according to Moscow's version, which accused Kiev forces of shooting down the plane with an anti-aircraft missile.
In addition to Ukrainian soldiers, there were soldiers on board the crashed plane six members of his crew and three accompanying persons.
Russia claims the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian missile
The Kremlin assured on Thursday that after… “Outrageous act” committed by KievThe future of the prisoner exchange remains “in question”.
On the other hand, the Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Duma (Russian Chamber of Deputies) said, Andrei KartapolovHe was convinced that the exchanges would continue despite the incident because Russia “cannot abandon” its soldiers.
“We will talk (to the Ukrainian side) based on reality, events and… We are aware of the type of people we deal with“, he claimed.
The last major exchange between Russia and Ukraine took place on January 3rd Kiev handed over 248 Russian soldiers to Moscow in exchange for 230 Ukrainian soldiers.
According to Kartapolov, 192 people had to take part in yesterday's exchangebut these plans were scrapped after the Russian plane was shot down.