A Russian military plane crashed on the Ukrainian-Russian border, and Moscow said 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board.
The Ministry of Defense confirmed that the Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane crashed in Russian Belgorod city on Wednesday morning.
“they [the prisoners of war] She added that they were transferred to the Belgorod region for exchange.
There were also six other crew members and three other people on board.
Ukraine's latest war: military plane crashes in Russia
Retired General Andrei Kartapolov, a member of the Russian Parliament, said that the missiles are of the types that were supplied to Russia. Ukraine According to Reuters news agency.
Kartapolov did not mention the source of his information, and said that investigations would confirm whether the missiles were Patriots or IRIS-Ts.
He said in his morning call with journalists: Vladimir Putin Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he could not comment on the incident because he did not have enough information about it – while Ukraine did not comment either.
Russian military transport plane Ilyushin Il-76 moments before it crashed
The Russian Defense Ministry said that a committee from the Russian Aerospace Forces “went by air to the crash site to determine the causes of the disaster.”
The Belgorod region, located along the Russian-Ukrainian border, has been subjected to several attacks in the past few months.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Ukrainian president said. Volodymyr Zelensky It said a major Russian missile attack, apparently designed to overwhelm the country's air defences, killed 18 people and injured 130 others.
The bombing, which used more than 40 ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-aircraft missiles and guided missiles, early Tuesday hit 130 residential buildings in three Ukrainian cities, “all of them ordinary houses,” Zelensky said on X, previously Twitter.
The air strikes included targets in the capital, Kiev, and Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine.
Russia denied targeting civilians.
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This comes after Ukraine claimed to have done so Two high-value Russian aircraft were shot down Advance this month.
The Ukrainian military said an A-50 spy plane, one of the few early warning and control aircraft in the Russian fleet, and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post were destroyed.
They were shot over the Sea of Azov, according to Ukrainian government adviser Anton Gerashchenko.
Officials estimate that the A-50s – which typically carry a crew of 15 – are worth around £260 million ($330 million).
