In the case of the AN-26 plane crash near Chuguev, the Air Force Commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Drozdov was informed.

This was announced at a briefing on December 18 by the head of the department of the main investigation department of the State Security Bureau Vadim Prymachok, reports "

" To date, we have handed a written notice of suspicion to the head of the military unit's flights, who on that day was in charge of flight control, to the commander of the said military unit, who approved the flight plan with violations, and was also notified of the suspicion to the commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces, who committed negligence in.

In particular, it was established that unauthorized persons were allowed on board the aircraft, namely cadets-pilots who did not have experience in aircraft control.

According to Priymachk, the aircraft commander also did not have the skills to fly the aircraft at night..

Also, the guilt of the suspects is confirmed by the results of the examination..