Ukraine has accused Russia of using prisoners of war as “human shields” in connection with a Russian military transport plane that crashed last week. The claims were made during a meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Khrystyna Hayovyshyn, Ukraine’s deputy ambassador to the UN, said that this was the first case of “Russia … Read more
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed Wednesday that Kyiv shot down a transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war en route to a prisoner exchange. The ministry said the strike, which officials labeled a “terrorist attack,” killed all 74 people on board. “It was absolutely deliberate,” Russian lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov told state media. “They knew … Read more
A Russian plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war crashed in Russia’s western Belgorod region, Russia’s state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Wednesday, citing the Ministry of Defense. Six crew members and three people accompanying the POWs were also on board, RIA reported. Everyone on board the plane was killed, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov … Read more
A Moscow-bound Russian chartered flight carrying six people crashed in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on Sunday, according to the Russian aviation watchdog. The plane was a chartered ambulance flight from India via Uzbekistan to Zhukovsky International Airport in Moscow. Two passengers, along with four crew members, were on board when the incident occurred. It … Read more
Actor Christian Oliver, his two young daughters and the pilot of a small plane are dead after the aircraft crashed into the Caribbean Sea, authorities said Friday. The Royal St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force said in a statement that Oliver, 51, identified in the statement by his real name Christian Klesper, and daughters Madita, 10, … Read more
“There are now new technologies that can pinpoint new positions. I think they are all worth a try,” he said. But Song Chunjie, a relative of another victim, said it was useless for individual experts to call for a search. “Launching a new search should be led by the Malaysian government, because it would cost … Read more
