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The governor of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkovconfirmed today the death of 74 occupants of the Russian Il-76 military transport plane, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, which crashed this morning in that border region with Ukraine.
“Everyone on board died,” the governor wrote on his Telegram account.
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The Russian Ministry of Defense specified that, in addition to prisoners, who would be exchanged for Russian soldiers captured by the Ukrainian Army, there were three soldiers escorting them and six crew members on the aircraft.
The Il-76 crashed at approximately 11:00 local time (08:00 GMT), approximately 50 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
The accident occurred 5-6 kilometers from the village Iablonovoin the district Korochanskywhere it did not cause personal or material damage, as local residents reported to the agency. TASS.
On social media in Belgorod it is possible to see images of the Il-76 falling to the ground at high speed and exploding in an open field.
This very morning Gladkov warned of the danger of a Ukrainian air strike and confirmed the downing of an enemy fixed-wing drone.
Although the Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet commented on the possible causes of the crash of the Il-76, a heavy trijet, the President of the State Duma, the Russian Legislature, Vyacheslav Volodinaccused Ukraine of shooting down the plane.
“They killed their own soldiers in the air (…). “Our military transport plane pilots, who were carrying out a humanitarian mission, were murdered when they were defenseless,” he said Volodin to legislators.
He added that it is necessary to clarify with which missiles, American or German, the Il-76 was shot down, and proposed drawing up an appeal to the Congress of the United States and the German Parliament to “I finally understood who They finance and help”.
“It’s a Nazi regime”he emphasized Volodin when referring to Ukraine.
Source: Elcomercio
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