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Russia stated that the plane was shot down by Ukraine while it was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) captured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as six crew members and three guards, and that the prisoners of war were to be exchanged in a swap.
The Russian defence ministry said six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers had been on the Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane shot down near the Russian city of Belgorod near the ...
A Russian Pantsir-S air defence system, which preliminary investigations show may have shot down the aircraft (Getty/iStock) Fatal flightpath: the course of Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 on 25 ...
A poll conducted by Alexei Venediktov, former head of the Echo of Moscow radio station, found that 60% of respondents believed Prigozhin's airplane was either shot down or blown up on board, and 17% believed he had staged his own death. Only 1% believed the aircraft crash was accidental.
Russia alleged that Kyiv shot down the plane with two missiles and said the prisoners of war were headed for an exchange. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described it as “a totally monstrous act.”
Subsequent analysis indicated that the missile explosion occurred at an altitude of 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) over Naursky District, 18 kilometres north-northwest of Grozny airport. [126] Reports indicate that the plane's GPS navigation systems were jammed along the flight route over the sea.
In January, the Ukrainian air force said it shot down a Russian early warning and control plane and a key command center aircraft that relays information to troops on the ground, in what appeared to be a significant blow for the Kremlin’s forces. The next month, Ukraine said it knocked out another early warning and control plane.
An Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people. Analysts said Russian air defenses, not a bird strike, may have caused the plane to go down. An aviation safety firm plans ...