The crash of a Russian military plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoted From “Interfax” news agency, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced an hour before the crash of a military transport plane of this country in the Belgorod region, which was carrying 65 Ukrainian military prisoners and 9 Russian crew members.

According to the information of the Ministry of Defense, this incident happened today, Wednesday, January 24, around 11:00. An Il-76 military transport plane crashed in the sky of Belgorod during a scheduled flight. This plane was transporting captured military personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces who were being sent to the conflict zone to be exchanged with Russian prisoners. Its passengers were 65 Ukrainian prisoners, six flight crew and three companions.

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After that, the Ukrainian media also reported that the Russian Il-76 military plane, which was shot down by the Ukrainian armed forces this afternoon, was transporting prisoners of war. This country was in exchange for Russian prisoners.

Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, in response to journalists’ questions about this incident, noted that this information is very recent. and its details have not yet been determined. The Kremlin spokesman said: “I cannot give accurate and sufficient information about this, because this information is very new and we were informed about it minutes before.” I can’t say anything yet.”

In this regard, Vychslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, also published information about this incident on his Telegram channel and reminded that currently the research team and employees of the ministry Unexpected events are on the job. He added: “I have changed my work schedule and am leaving for the region. I will make more precise details public later.”

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