Russia says 74 dead, no survivors, in crash of plane carrying Ukrainian PoWs
A military transport plane that Russia said was carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war to be swapped, crashed Wednesday in a border area near Ukraine. All aboard were killed, according to a regional Russian governor.
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![In this handout photo taken from validated user-generated video, flames are shown rising in a residential area near Yablonovo, in the Belgorod region of Russia. Moscow said a military transport plane that was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war has crashed. As a yield sign is shown in the foreground, a giant fireball is shown in the distance over a cityscape.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7092992.1706093290!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/russia-warplane-crash.jpg)
A military transport plane that Russia said was carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war to be swapped, crashed Wednesday in a border area near Ukraine. All aboard were killed, according to a regional Russian governor.