Russia Says Kyiv Shot Down Plane Carrying Ukrainian POWs

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia on Wednesday blamed Kyiv for shooting down a military transportation aircraft said to be carrying 65 Ukrainian soldiers for a
Arabia, the Red Sea and Iran before disappearing from radars, only to later reappear again over Russia's Belgorod region.It was not
aircraft carrying 80 Ukrainian prisoners of war had been flying behind the downed Il-76 plane but was turned back following Wednesday's
of 65 names she said were Ukrainian prisoners of war on board the ill-fated flight.The Telegram news channel Ostorozhno Novosti said most of
the names were that of rank-and-file Ukrainian soldiers who had been captured by Russian troops in 2023 and 2022
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