As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to heat up, a bombshell news came that a Russian military plane was shot down by an American missile, and all the people on board were killed. What is the basis for such a major incident to become the fuse for the decisive battle between Russia and Ukraine? In this incident, many details are puzzling, and there are unusual situations hidden behind them.
The current international situation can be described as unpredictable. In 2018, the United States unilaterally provoked a trade war with China, which caused the world situation to enter an "era of great reshuffle". Two years later, the sudden outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic accelerated the changes in the world situation. Two years later, the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict has kicked off a "new era". The outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has accelerated the pace of the turning point of the times. As soon as 2024 arrived, there were events such as the Japanese earthquake, the Red Sea crisis, and the escalation of the situation on the peninsula, which may well mean that the "decisive moment" is coming!
In this context, a major incident has occurred on the battlefield between Russia and Ukraine, which may completely change the trend of this conflict that has lasted for almost two years! On January 24, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a message confirming that an Il-76 transport plane crashed in Belgorod Oblast. Subsequently, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, made a statement, confirming that all 74 people on board were dead. The reason why there were so many people on this transport plane was because it was on a prisoner exchange mission, and 65 people on board were Ukrainian prisoners of war, as well as 6 crew members and 3 entourage.
It is worth noting that after the crash of the Il-76, Ukrainian media such as "Ukrainska Pravda" and RBC Ukraine website spoke out as soon as possible, hyping up that the Russian military plane was shot down by the Ukrainian army. However, when the Russian Ministry of Defense said that most of the personnel on the transport plane were Ukrainian prisoners of war and all of them died, these Ukrainian media hurriedly acted and deleted all the content in the report about "the Ukrainian army shot down the plane". The Ukrainian media's approach is very easy to explain, because the downed Russian military plane will inevitably inform the Ukrainian side of the route and time when it is on a prisoner exchange mission. Knowing clearly that the Russian military plane was here to exchange prisoners, and there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board, the Ukrainian army also shot down the transport plane, if this is really the case, it will make people shudder!
In fact, the Kyiv authorities have a track record of killing their own prisoners of war. In 2022, the Ukrainian army shelled the Donetsk prisoner of war camp, killing more than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war and wounding more than 70. At that time, the Ukrainian army must have known that there were a large number of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Donetsk prisoner of war camp. There is an opinion that the Ukrainian army's move is to "exterminate the mouth", because the Donetsk prisoner of war camp holds the armed personnel of the "Azov Battalion", and Russia is ready to try them publicly. The Ukrainian army did not want these "Azov battalions" to say too much, so they killed them. According to the list of victims published by the Russian side, 12 of the 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war are from the "Azov Battalion", all of whom were captured in the Mariupol campaign. So, was this incident the work of the Ukrainian army?
The Kiev authorities are well aware of the seriousness of this incident. Andrei Yusov, spokesman for the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate, spoke out as soon as possible, saying that they did not know whether there were Ukrainian prisoners of war on the Russian transport plane, and an investigation had been launched into this. He also stressed that, according to what is known, there was no arrangement for the exchange of Russian-Ukrainian prisoners of war on January 24. At the same time, Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the defense committee of the Russian State Duma, said that it was three American Patriot missiles that shot down the Russian transport plane. As we all know, after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the United States and the West gave Ukraine a lot of aid, among which the United States and Germany provided Patriot missiles to the Ukrainian army. Russian State Duma Chairman Volodin said that a letter will be sent to the US Congress and the German Bundestag in the future, demanding that the two countries give an explanation for the crash of the Russian transport plane.
There is an opinion that no matter what the outcome of the crash of the Russian military plane is, one fact is certain, that is, Russia is bound to intensify its military action against Ukraine. On the one hand, the Ukrainian army has carried out a number of long-range strikes on the Belgorod region of Russia, and it also seriously threatens the safety of civilians, which is the impact of the Russian army's previous defeat in the battle in the Kharkiv direction and the recapture of territory by the Ukrainian army. Therefore, the Russian army is bound to take Kharkov, take this important Ukrainian military-industrial town, and protect the security of the Belgorod region; on the other hand, the Kiev authorities have fallen into internal and external troubles, and recently there has been news that the Ukrainian president has removed the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army. The Russian army realizes that this is a good opportunity to force Ukraine back to the negotiating table. After preparing for a winter, the large-scale offensive of the Russian army is bound to begin, and the decisive battle may officially begin!