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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 · Jan 25, 2024

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 · Jan 24, 2024

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.

WEKU · Jan 24, 2024

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 · Jan 14, 2024

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…

The Conversation · Jan 12, 2024

'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 · Jan 11, 2024

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 · Jan 10, 2024

'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 · Jan 10, 2024

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 · Jan 9, 2024

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

The Guardian - AU · Jan 9, 2024