A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard
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Ukraine demands international inquiry into Bolgorod aircraft crash
A Russian military plane carrying 74 people on board has crashed in Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border, state media reported. Follow for live updates.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing the ministry, reported that the POWs were being transported to the border region for a prisoner exchange.
Russia said Wednesday that everyone on board a military transport plane – reportedly carrying dozens of captured Ukrainian soldiers – had died after the aircraft crashed near the border with Ukraine.
Ukrainian officials did not immediately confirm or deny Russia’s claims about the crash in Russia’s Belgorod border region, although they said they were looking into them.
Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, citing the ministry, reported that the POWs were being transported to the border region for a prisoner exchange.
A Russian military transport plane crashed in a border region near Ukraine. Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down and said that all 74 people aboard were killed on Wednesday.
It’s still unclear why a Russian military transport aircraft crashed in the Belgorod region near the Ukraine border near Belgorod on Wednesday, whether because it was brought down by a missile or suffered some catastrophic technical failure.
Russian state media says that a military plane crashed near Russia's border with Ukraine, killing everyone on board. The Russian Defense Ministry says those killed included 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were on board.
A Russian military transport plane crashed in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down, saying all 74 people aboard were killed, including 65 Ukrainian
The plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement Wednesday. Ukrainian authorities did not immediately comment on the incident.
Russia's Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of shooting down a military transport plane, killing all 74 people aboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war being swapped.
By Andrew Carey, Radina Gigova, Katharina Krebs, Yulia Kesaieva, Anna Chernova, Olga Voitovych and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Russia accused Ukraine of downing a Russian military plane near the Ukrainian border Wednesday, saying all 74 people on board were killed including dozens of Ukrainian service…
(CNN) — All 74 people, including dozens of Ukrainian servicemen, on board a Russian military plane were killed Wednesday when it crashed in the Belgorod region
A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday, and state news agency RIA quoted the defense ministry as saying it was carrying 65 Ukrainian prison…
A Russian military aircraft crashed in Belgorod near the border with Ukraine on Wednesday. The region's governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said everyone on board died in the crash.
The transport plane went down in a region near the border with Ukraine with 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war onboard, the Defense Ministry said. The details could not be independently verified.
Why the Russians thought they safely could fly lumbering Ilyushin Il-76 cargo planes into the city of Belgorod—just 20 miles from the border with Ukraine—is a mystery.
