INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine was supposed to transport senior Russian officials before a last-minute
Il-76 transport planes over the Belgorod region on Wednesday, killing all 74 people on board, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who
Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov said in an interview with the Ukrainian-language edition of Radio Free Europe/Radio
transportation" at the last moment.Ukraine's intelligence services learned about the alleged switch-up after the Il-76 crash, Yusov said,
Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Russia was "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners" and called for an international
investigation into the downing of the plane.The Kremlin on Thursday called the incident a "monstrous act."
