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MP Yuriy Syrotiuk (the Svoboda faction) said that two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft are staying in Hostomel in Kyiv region with unknown purposes.

“It’s known for sure that two Russian military aircraft are staying in Hostomel. It’s unknown whom and what they brought to Kyiv, but they are staying there,” Syrotiuk told a briefing in Kyiv on Saturday.

He said that there is information that another two Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft were permitted to cross the state border and land in Boryspil or Hostomel.