Russian military plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war crashes
Video shows large aircraft falling towards the ground and exploding in Belogorod region
It was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, according to Russia's Defence Ministry.
There were no survivors, the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
“On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported to the Belgorod region for exchange, six crew members and three escorts,” the ministry was quoted as saying by the RIA-Novosti news agency.
Andrei Kartapolov, a member of Russia's State Duma and a retired general, claimed the plane had been shot down by three missiles of type the West has supplied to Ukraine.
He did not reveal the source of the information and said investigations would reveal whether the missiles were Patriots or IRIS-Ts.
“They shot their own soldiers in the air. Their own,” he told a plenary session of the Duma. “Our pilots, who were carrying out a humanitarian mission, were shot down.”
Shortly before the crash, Mr Gladkov said on his Telegram channel a “missile alert” had been triggered in the region and warned residents to take shelter.
Ukraine’s Co-ordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said it was looking into the crash but did not immediately provide any information and cautioned against sharing “unverified information”.
Russian authorities said a special military commission has been sent to the crash site to investigate.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/europe/2024/01/24/ukraine-plane-crash/
Looks like those brave Ukrainians just deleted a number of their own guys.