Russia’s state investigative committee has released aerial footage of what it says is Il-76 crash site.
The graphic footage shows aircraft debris and what the committee says are the bodies of more than 60 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were set to be exchanged for Russian prisoners.
The video highlighted one person’s dismembered hand, blurred except for a tattoo, as well as a severed arm with tattoos.
The aircraft’s flight recorders had been recovered and delivered to Moscow laboratory for analysis, state news agency Tass reported.
The Investigative Committee accused Ukraine of attacking the plane with an anti-aircraft missile.
Kyiv has not confirmed whether it was involved, or whether PoWs were on board, but authorities have cast doubt over the number of dead – saying only five bodies were taken to a local Belgorod morgue.
Other officials have claimed the circumstances of the crash suggest a deliberate act by Russia to undermine Western support for Ukraine, and accused its security agents of telling high-ranking Russian officials not to board the aircraft.
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