Russia has accused Kyiv of deliberately shooting down the Il-76 military transport which Moscow claims was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said Russia is “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war” after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a large military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to an exchange. Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied it hit the plane. Here is a clip of Zelenksiy’s address.
In Russia, Tass reports that Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s response to the call by Ukraine’s president for an investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian transport plane in Belgorod yesterday was to call for an investigation into Kyiv’s actions.
Continue reading…Russia has accused Kyiv of deliberately shooting down the Il-76 military transport which Moscow claims was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of warThe Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said Russia is “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners of war” after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a large military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war to an exchange. Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied it hit the plane. Here is a clip of Zelenksiy’s address.In Russia, Tass reports that Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov’s response to the call by Ukraine’s president for an investigation into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian transport plane in Belgorod yesterday was to call for an investigation into Kyiv’s actions. Continue reading…