moscow says the plane was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war involved in a prison exchange. it has accused ukraine of deliberately ta rgetting the plane. ukraine says kyiv had not been advised, on this occasion, to ensure the safety of airspace where it happened. according to moscow, the military plane crashed about 44 miles north east of the russian city of belgorod. there are said to have been 7a people on board, including 65 ukrainian pows. our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest from moscow. caught on mobile phone, the moment a russian military transport plane fell from the sky. woman speaks russian. good god, she cries, as the consequence of what has happened becomes clear. the wreckage was strewn across the fields of belgorod region. not only did russia accuse ukraine of shooting the plane down, it claimed that on board were dozens of ukrainian prisoners of war who were about to be exchanged. translation: on board the plane there were six crew members, - 65
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conservative cabinet minister justine greening and ron christie former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. it has been a fractious few days, nato allies openly criticising the decisions in berlin, the german chancellor refusing to send his tanks, unless the united states also had skin in the game. but out of delay and a whole lot of diplomatic wrangling, has come a momentous decision. nearly 100 nato tanks, will be sent in the coming month to the front line and the border with russia a move that was unthinkable months ago. we will provide battle tanks to ukraine, the leopard two. this is the result of intensive consultations with our allies and international partners. i want to stress that it is right that we did not allow anyone to pressure us but that instead we relied on close cooperation on the special issue and we will continue to do so. the americans took some convincing. the abrams while readily available, will take longer to ship, they are more compl
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