Russia Says Ukraine Downed Plane Carrying Prisoners for Swap
- Ukrainian captives were being flown for exchange, Russia says
- Russia alleges Ukrainian missiles downed plane, killing 74
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Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down a military plane it said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners for an exchange.
The IL-76 aircraft crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region on Wednesday, killing everyone on board, including six crew and three Russian soldiers, the Defense Ministry in Moscow said in a statement. Russian radar systems tracked the launch of two surface-to-air missiles from the nearby Ukrainian region of Kharkiv, it said.