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Russia says Kyiv downed military plane killing 74, including POWs

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people. The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border.
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News video: 'No survivors': Russia accuses Kyiv of downing military plane with 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard

'No survivors': Russia accuses Kyiv of downing military plane with 65 Ukrainian POWs aboard 01:22

Moscow says the Ilyushin plane was shot down over the Russian-Ukrainian border.

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