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Russia plane crash: Zelensky accuses Moscow of 'playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners'

Ukrainian president demands international inquiry into crash on Wednesday in Belgorod in which Moscow claims 65 Ukrainian prisoners were killed

Evening Standard

Russia Says Kyiv Downed POW Plane, No Survivors

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of shooting down a military transport plane carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners headed for a prisoner exchange, killing everyone on board.

International Business Times

Russia claims Ukraine shot down a military plane carrying Ukrainian POWs, killing 74

The Russian defense ministry said two missiles were fired from Ukrainian territory at the IL-76 military transport aircraft. It said 65 Ukrainian POWs were on board, headed for a prisoner swap.

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Russian military plane crashes near Ukraine border, 74 people on board

A Russian military plane carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian service members, has crashed in Russia's Belgorod region near the Ukraine border. Inves...

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Russia accuses Kyiv of downing plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war

Moscow says aircraft that went down in border region of Belgorod was carrying prisoners who were to be swapped

The Guardian - UK

Russian military plane 'carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs' crashes near border in Belgorod

Russian defence ministry said the plane was carrying prisoners of war who were to be exchanged in a swap, a claim an official in Kyiv has disputed

Evening Standard

Zelenskyy says Russia ‘playing with lives’ of Ukrainian POWs after crash

Comments come after Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down transport plane killing 65 Ukrainian POWs on board.

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Belgorod Evacuees Shelter From Strikes In Out-of-town Hotel

Sitting with her two children in a hotel room in Russia, Anna Demkina only watches cartoons.

International Business Times

Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit

A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border…

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'Afraid for our children': Residents of Russia's Belgorod evacuate as Ukrainian strikes intensify

Russian authorities began to evacuate the residents of Belgorod, Russia, on January 5, after Ukrainian air strikes on the border town intensified. The evacuation of hundreds of Belgorod residents is a first in the war that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 – Russia has not…

France 24

Stalemate in the air? Ukraine in race to rearm amid Western war fatigue

It is only on a voluntary basis. So how much to make of Russian authorities offering their citizens a ride out of Belgorod? The western city across from Ukraine's Kharkiv is increasingly the target of Moscow's own medicine: a steady diet of missiles from the sky. As NATO leaders meet…

France 24

'Nowhere Is Safe': Russian City Evacuates Hundreds Of Children

Authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod began evacuating hundreds of children Wednesday after weeks of deadly shelling from Ukrainian forces.

International Business Times

Russia To Do 'Everything' To Halt Ukrainian Shelling Of Belgorod

Russia on Tuesday said its military would do everything possible to stop the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod, a border town where hundreds were evacuated after fatal bombardments.

International Business Times

Russia-Ukraine war: drones hit Russian oil facility more than 130 miles from Ukraine – as it happened

Fuel facility struck in the city of Oryol, 230 miles south of Moscow and 137 miles from the Ukrainian border

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Russia Evacuates Hundreds From Border City Amid Ukrainian Strikes

Russia said Monday it had moved some 300 people from the border city of Belgorod due to Ukrainian shelling, the biggest evacuation from a major Russian city since the conflict began.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow accidentally bombs Russian-occupied Luhansk region; ‘bang’ on railroad in Russia’s Ural region – as it happened

High-explosive warhead, dropped from plane, did not cause injuries; ‘bang’ often a euphemism for explosion in Russian media

The Independent UK

Over 100 evacuate Russia’s Belgorod while soldiers celebrate Orthodox Christmas on the front line

More than 100 residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod have evacuated to an area further from the Ukrainian border, local officials said

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Russia-Ukraine war: Russia on course to have lost 500,000 troops by end of 2024, says UK – as it happened

The average daily number of Russian casualties in Ukraine rose by almost 300 during the course of 2023, the UK says

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Russia Keeps Border Schools Shut As Deadly Strikes Hit Ukraine

Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine said Thursday it would keep schools closed beyond the planned end of the winter holidays following unprecedented shelling by Kyiv's forces, as Ukraine reported several killed in strikes across the country.

Al Jazeera

Russia and Ukraine target each other’s defence industry amid land stalemate

With little changing in the ground war and both governments unshaken, Kyiv and Moscow took aim at factories.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine and Russia announce largest prisoner swap since start of war

Both sides release more than 200 troops in first exchange since August after UAE-mediated negotiations

Al Jazeera

Russia, Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners in largest release of war

More than 470 prisoners of war return home on both sides after the swap deals stalled in the latter half of 2023.

Evening Standard

Hundreds of prisoners of war freed after exchange between Russia and Ukraine

The exchange was arranged by diplomats from the United Arab Emirates

WEKU

Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war in biggest release so far

Ukrainian authorities said 230 Ukrainian prisoners of war returned home in the first exchange in almost five months. Russia's Defense Ministry said 248 Russian servicemen have been freed.

Al Jazeera

Ukrainian missiles target Russian border regions in retaliatory strikes

Recent escalation sees both sides deploying urban warfare tactics as renewed fighting erupts to the east in Bakhmut.

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