Moscow said the plane had been carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were being transferred to the Belgorod region to be exchanged for Russian service personnel.
A large Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday near the border with Ukraine killing everyone onboard, the Russian defense ministry said, accusing Ukraine of shooting down the plane with missiles.
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It’s still unclear why a Russian military transport aircraft crashed in the Belgorod region near the Ukraine border on Wednesday, whether because it was brought down by a missile or suffered some catastrophic technical failure. But all 74 people on board were killed, according to Russian authorities.
Ukraine and Russia traded blame after a military plane crashed in the Belgorod border region. The Kremlin accused Kyiv of shooting it down, killing 65 Ukrainian POWs.