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Russian transport plane crashes near Ukraine with 65 Ukrainian POWs on board

BY The Associated Press, Jan 24, 2024 3:07 PM - REPORT AN ERROR

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. It was also not known if anyone survived.

A Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew and three people accompanying them crashed on Wednesday morning in Russia’s Belgorod region near Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry said.

It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the crash, which occurred around 11 a.m. It was also not known if anyone survived.

The authorities were investigating the cause of the crash, and a special military commission was on the way to the crash site, the Defense Ministry said.

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