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Russian Jet Carrying 65 Ukrainian Prisoners Crashed In Belgorod region

Russian Defense Ministry said, " Kyiv regime shot down the aircraft in an attempt to blame the deaths of the Ukrainian Captives on Russia".

 According to Sputnik, a Russian Air Force IL-76 Jumbo jet carrying 65 Ukrainian captives who were to be swapped, crew, and accompanying people, crashed in Russia's Belgorod area.  

"At around 11:00 Moscow time [08:00 GMT], an IL-76 plane crashed in the Belgorod region during a scheduled flight." 

There were 65 arrested Ukrainian military personnel on board, taken to the Belgorod region for exchange, 6 aircraft crew members, and 3 other individuals. 

 "A Russian air force commission flew to the crash site to investigate the causes of the disaster," the ministry reported. 

 In connection to the IL-76 disaster in Belgorod, Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, said that an appeal be prepared for the US Congress and the Bundestag. 

"Ukrainian forces from the Liptsy neighborhood in the Kharkiv region attacked the plane with an anti-aircraft missile system Russian Ministry of Defense claimed. 

Two Ukrainian missiles were launched, according to the ministry, and this was detected by Russian military radar. Ukraine didn't respond to the incident. 

The Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper withdrew the piece of news after initially quoting sources alleging that the plane was shot down by Ukrainian armed forces.

Reuters was informed by Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak that comments would come later. It will take time to make all the data clear.







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