A Russian military plane carrying 74 people has crashed in the Belgorod border region, officials said according to media reports.
Russian news agencies citing the Defense Ministry said 65 Ukrainian servicemen were on board who were being flown to Belgorod ahead of a prisoner swap. CNN cannot independently verify this claim.
Six crew members and three “accompanying personnel” were also on board the IL-76 cargo plane. No information on the cause of the crash has yet been released.
The Kremlin declined to comment on the reported crash. Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “This is quite new information, we will now deal with it. I can’t say anything yet.
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