Ukraine downs Russian plane in Belgorod
Ukraine said it has shot down a large Russian military aircraft carrying missiles over the border region of Belgorod.
Video showing the Il-76 transport aircraft crashing into a ball of flames on the Russian side of the border.
Ukrainian military sources told Ukrainska Pravda that the downing was “their work” and said it had been carrying S-300 missiles.
But the Russian ministry of defence told state news agency RIA Novosit that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board and on their way to be exchanged with Russians held by Ukraine.
It added that six crew members and three others were also on the plane, bringing the potential death toll to 74.
Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed there had been an “incident” in the Korochansky district on Wednesday morning and search and rescue specialists had been dispatched to the site.
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5 comments
Mmmmmmmmm glorious! SLAVA UKRAINI
A delivery of Russian Copium 123 was destroyed.
To ten samolot pełen Ukraińców zestrzelili Ukraińcy?
This was full of Ukrainian prisoners, likely done on purpose by the Russians
This will just fuel Russians to join Putins regime