Why in news Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukra...
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Russia accused Ukraine on Wednesday of deliberately shooting down a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers to a prisoner exchange in what it called a barbaric act of terrorism that had killed a total of 74 people.
The Russian Defence Ministry said apart from the 65 prisoners of war, six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukrainian border.
Belgorod region- location
Belgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia.
Its administrative center is the city of Belgorod.
As of 2021, the population is 1,540,486.
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