Russian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWs - Moscow
| | Russian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWs - MoscowA Russian transport plane with 65 Ukrainians onboard crashes in a region bordering Ukraine, says Russia. - The Russian defence ministry says a military plane has crashed in Belgorod, near the Ukrainian border
- "On board were 65 captured Ukrainian army servicemen being transported for exchange, six crew members and three escorts," the ministry says
- The local governor says there are no survivors - the BBC cannot yet verify who was on board, or what caused the plane to crash
- Verified video shows a plane going down near the village of Yablonovo, 70km (44 miles) to the north-east of Belgorod
- A member of Russia's parliament accuses Ukraine of shooting down the plane using Western weapons - but provides no evidence
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