Ukraine says no evidence for Russia’s claim that POWs died in plane crash

Ukraine says that there is no evidence the plane that was downed in the Belgorod region was carrying POWs (Validated UGC video via AP)

Officials in Ukraine said Russia has provided no credible evidence to back its claims that their own forces shot down a military transport plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) who were to be swapped for Russian POWs.

The Ukrainian agency that deals with prisoner exchanges said late on Friday that Russian officials had, “with great delay”, provided it with a list of the 65 Ukrainians who Moscow said had died in Wednesday’s plane crash in Russia’s Belgorod region.