A plane of the Russian Armed Forces has crashed in the Belgorod region, near the border with Ukraine, with more than 60 prisoners Ukrainians on board, as reported by the Ministry of Defense. In addition, the plane was carrying missiles for the S-300 anti-aircraft systems that Russia regularly uses to bomb Ukraine, according to a military source cited by the Ukrainian public agency, Ukrinform.

Another Ukrainian military source cited by the publication Ukrainska Pravda also affirms that the Russian military plane was carrying missiles and assures that it has been shot down by Ukrainian forces, although the Kiev authorities have not yet officially commented on the crash of the plane. , which was recorded in a video spread on Russian social networks.

The Russian Government has barely given details about the incident, although it has confirmed that inside the device, an Il-76 model, 65 prisoners and nine other people of Russian nationality were traveling. -three companions and six crew members-, as reported by the Interfax news agency.

A commission of experts has already traveled to the scene to advance the investigations, which the governor of Belgorod has also reported on social networksVyacheslav Gladkov.

Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov has indicated to the media that the authorities are working to clarify the circumstances of this incident.

Russian authorities Yes, they have suggested the accident hypothesis in their first reactions, despite the fact that the Belgorod region frequently registers attacks linked to the war in the neighboring country, as do other Russian provinces located near the border.

In the first official Russian reaction, the Ministry of Defense has assured that at the time of the accident the military plane was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war who were going to be exchanged for Russian captives held by the Ukrainian Army.