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Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine on Friday in his first public comments following the crash of a plane in Russia’s Belgorod region. Ukraine in contrast called for a special UN Security Council session to determine what happened and who was on board the Russian plane that crashed on Wednesday. Putin, at a meeting with military representatives in St Petersburg, said the air defence system in Ukrainian-controlled territory had shot down the Russian Ilyushin plane with two missiles. The Ukrainian side had known in advance that 65 of their prisoners of war were on board, he added. Uk…

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