Intrigues As Plane Carrying 65 Prisoners Is Shot Down

A military plane reportedly conveying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers back to Ukraine from Russia was shot down just near the border, Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The plane reportedly crashed in Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border GWG.ng gathered.

Belgorod is the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 40 kilometers north of the border with Ukraine. It has a population of 339,978.

“On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported for exchange, six crew members and three escorts,” the ministry said.

Rescue teams who rushed to the scene as they saw the plane fall from the air in a ball of fire according to the local governor said that there were no survivors.

A spokesperson for Ukrainian military intelligence did say a prisoner exchange had been planned for Wednesday

Verified video showed a plane going down near the village of Yablonovo, 70km (44 miles) to the north-east of Belgorod

Russia’s foreign ministry, however, accused Ukraine of shooting down the plane – but provides no evidence

The plane was flying from the Chkalovsky air base near Moscow to Belgorod, Russia before it was shot down.

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