Russia-Ukraine Tensions Escalate Over Downed Plane Carrying POWs

Putin Pledges Public Investigation as Zelenskyy Calls for International Probe

• Russia and Ukraine are trading accusations over the crash of a Russian military transport plane that Moscow says was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war and was shot down by Kyiv's forces. The crash killed all 74 people on board, including 65 POWs, six crew and three Russian servicemen.
• Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied that it had hit the plane but said Moscow had created a “deliberate threat to the life and safety” of its POWs by failing to warn Kyiv to deconflict the airspace before the swap.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to make public the findings of Moscow’s investigation into the crash, and has accused Ukraine of attacking the plane despite knowing that Ukrainian POWs were on board.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for an international investigation into the crash, and accused Russia of “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners”.
• The UK has provided satellite photographs of North Korean cargo shipments to Russia to UN experts as part of an attempt to trigger an official investigation into arms deals in violation of international sanctions.

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