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A military transport plane which Russia says was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war has crashed over the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine. “All occupants on board have died,” Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram on Wednesday. There were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members, and three guards accompanying the POWs on the Russian military’s Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft, the Russian Defence Ministry said. The Ukrainians were being taken to a planned prisoner exchange, Moscow said. Footage circulating on social media purportedly showed the moment of the crash, …