Kyiv, Moscow Demand Probe Into Downing of Plane Said to Be Carrying POWs

Published on January 25, 2024

Both Kyiv and Moscow are calling for an international probe into the downing of a Russian transport plane that was reportedly carrying dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war when it crashed in Russia’s western Belgorod region. “We demand a recognized international investigation,” Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s parliament commissioner for human rights, said on Jan. 25. “We will do our part to make this happen,” he added in televised remarks. Mr. Lubinets’ appeal came one day after a Russian Il-76 military transport plane was downed near Russia’s western city of Belgorod, killing everyone aboard. Shortly after the incident, Russian officials claimed that 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, along with six Russian crew members and three Russian soldiers, had been aboard the ill-fated aircraft....

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