Russian aircraft carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of conflict crashes close to border, Moscow says

A Russian army plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of conflict crashed Wednesday in western Russia’s Belgorod area, Russian officers stated.

Eyewitness video exhibits an unlimited fireball and an enormous column of thick black smoke rising from the crash website.

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