A Russian Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crash near the Ukrainian border on Wednesday and state news agency RIA quote the defence ministry as saying it was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to be exchange in a swap.
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RIA cited the defence ministry as saying that the plane was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, alongside six crew members and three other people, when it crashed. There was no immediate information on the cause.
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Reuters could not immediately verify details of who was on board. Video posted on the Telegram messenger app by Baza, a channel linked to Russian security services, showed a large aircraft falling towards the ground and exploding in a vast fireball.
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The Il-76 is a military transport aircraft designe to airlift troops, cargo, military equipment and weapons. It has a normal crew of five people, and can carry up to 90 passengers. Local governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that an unspecified “incident” had occurred in the region’s Korochansky district, northeast of Belgorod city, and that he was going to inspect the site. He said investigators and emergency workers were already on the scene. The Kremlin said in response to a reporter’s question that it was looking into the situation.
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Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, has come under frequent attack from Ukraine in recent months, including a December missile strike which killed 25 people.
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