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Lieutenant General Valeri Kamensky, Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force and formerly Chief of Staff of the Soviet Far East Military District Air Defense Force, indicated in a recent interview that “it is still a mystery what happened to the bodies of the crew and passengers of KAL 007.”
Lieutenant General '''Valeri Kamensky''', Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force and formerly Chief of Staff of the Soviet Far East Military District Air Defense Force, indicated in a recent interview that “it is still a mystery what happened to the bodies of the crew and passengers of KAL 007.”
Kamenski was directly involved in the 1983 shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 on August 31, 1983.
Kamenski was directly involved in the 1983 shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 on August 31, 1983.
In a more recent situation, Kamensky’s Ukrainian Air Defense Force has admitted to shooting down, over the Black Sea,in what was a missile defense exercise, the Siberian Air Tupolev 154 carrying Ukrainian and Russian Jewish immigrants to Israel with the loss of all 78 passengers and crew. The plane was on its way from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk when shot down. Kamenski had said a few months before the destruction of Siberian Air Tupolev 154. that what had happened to KAL 007 could never happen again. But it did - and on his watch.
In a more recent situation, Kamensky’s Ukrainian Air Defense Force has admitted to shooting down, over the Black Sea,in what was a missile defense exercise, the Siberian Air Tupolev 154 carrying Ukrainian and Russian Jewish immigrants to Israel with the loss of all 78 passengers and crew. The plane was on its way from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk when shot down. Kamenski had said a few months before the destruction of Siberian Air Tupolev 154. that what had happened to KAL 007 could never happen again. But it did - and on his watch.
==See Also==
==See also==
*[[Soviet Officers of KAL 007 Shootdown]]
*[[Soviet Officers of KAL 007 Shootdown]]
*[[Anatoly Kornukov]]
*[[Anatoly Kornukov]]