Ministry says aircraft that went down in border region of Belgorod was carrying prisoners who were to be swapped
A Russian military transport plane has crashed in the border region of Belgorod, according to Russia’s defence ministry.
The ministry said the aircraft was carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs who were to be swapped. The ministry added that onboard the Ilyushin Il-76 were also six crew and three other people.
The Belgorod regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said all 74 people onboard had died.
Why not? They’ve done it before, both accidentally and on purpose. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-shoots-down-own-jet-second-time-su-35-1832781
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Wagner_Group_plane_crash
They weren’t running out of plane parts before.