A Russian aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of warfare has crashed in Russia's western Belgorod area, Russian state information company RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing Russia's Protection Ministry. Six crew members and three individuals accompanying the prisoners of warfare had been additionally on board, RIA stated. All aboard the aircraft had been killed, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated, based on the Related Press.
It was not instantly clear what triggered the aircraft to crash. In a morning briefing, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, stated he didn’t have sufficient info to remark. Ukrainian officers warned in opposition to sharing info that was not verified, the AP stated.
“We emphasize that the enemy is actively conducting particular info operations in opposition to Ukraine geared toward destabilizing Ukrainian society,” the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Therapy of Prisoners of Struggle stated in an announcement on social media .
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An unverified video on social media appeared to indicate a aircraft falling from the sky after which a big ball of flames erupting the place the aircraft appeared to hit the bottom. A small puff of smoke was seen within the sky the place the aircraft had been seen earlier than it crashed.
RIA, citing the Ministry of Protection of Russia, stated that the Ukrainian prisoners of warfare had been transported to the border area for a prisoner change. The ministry stated a particular army fee was en path to the crash website.
There have been a lot of incidents of Russian army plane lately, which some say is because of an elevated variety of flights in between. The invasion of Ukraine by Russiabased on the AP.
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Belgorod Governor Gladkov stated a Ukrainian drone had been shot within the space earlier on Wednesday, however there have been no casualties and no harm triggered. It was the most recent in what seems to be a transfer from Ukraine lengthen their assaults in Russia, forward of the two-year anniversary of the large-scale invasion of Russia on February 24.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated earlier that the Ukrainian military would make it tougher within the border area this yr, partially to unnerve the Russians forward of the nation's March 17 presidential election. President Vladimir Putin is began operating once morejust about unchallenged after an extended yr repression of all types of dissent.
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