Russian air crash
Security measures are taken after an Il-76 plane with 65 Ukrainian military prisoners on board crashed on January 24, 2024.
  • A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine.
  • Russia accused Ukraine of shooting it down, killing 74 people on board, including prisoners of war.
  • Ukraine said it was not told about "the need to ensure the safety of the airspace in the area."

Ukraine has suggested that it may have been tricked into shooting down a plane that Russia claims was carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Russia said there were no survivors after an Il-76 plane crashed near Yablonovo, 44 miles southeast of the Belgorod border region of Russia.

In a post on Telegram Wednesday, Ukraine's military intelligence (GUR), said that Russia had not requested safe passage for the plane.