According to reports, the aircraft is an Ilyushin Il-76 military transport, which is believed to have crashed not far from Belgorod, close to the Russian-Ukrainian border.
There were allegedly some Ukrainian POWs on board this aircraft, according to the Russians.
Ukraine has refuted that. Although the Ukrainian government has not yet released an official statement, numerous news outlets are citing their own security sources to claim that the aircraft carried either S-300 system missiles or parts, indicating that it is a legitimate target in Ukrainian eyes.
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Background about the information:
In Russia’s Belgorod region, close to the Ukrainian border, a military cargo plane has crashed.
Around 11:00 AM (08:00 GMT), the crash happened. If anyone made it out alive is unknown.
According to local media accounts, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members, and three more passengers on board.
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Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, charged that Ukraine had shot down the aircraft.
Ukraine has yet to provide a prompt response.
