The ball of fire in the air after the Russian plane crash at the Ukraine border, picture taken by the nearby resident. Image/CNN
A Russian military plane with 74 people on board has crashed in the Belgorod region of Russia, near the Ukrainian border, Russian stare media reported.
The region's governor said all those on board were killed.
The cause of the crash is not yet clear and there are conflicting accounts about who or what was on board. Russian state media reported that 65 Ukrainian servicemen were on the plane, being flown to Belgorod ahead of a prisoner swap.
But Ukraine's military said the plane was carrying air defense missiles. The report from CNN said it has not verified either side's claims, and has asked Ukraine for comment on allegations it shot down the plane.
Belgorod has come under frequent attacks from Ukraine in recent weeks. At the end of December last year strikes killed at least 25 people, in one of the deadliest single incidents for Russian civilians of the war.
• This is a developing story
報導稱，俄羅斯軍機在烏克蘭邊境附近墜毀
根據俄羅斯媒體報道，一架載有74人的俄羅斯軍用飛機在俄羅斯別爾哥羅德地區靠近烏克蘭邊境的地方墜毀。
該地區州長表示，機上人員全數罹難。
墜機原因尚不清楚，關於機上人員或物品的說法相互矛盾。 俄羅斯官方媒體報告稱，飛機上有 65 名烏克蘭軍人，他們將在戰俘交換前飛往別爾哥羅德。
但烏克蘭軍方表示，這架飛機攜帶防空飛彈。 CNN尚未證實任何一方的說法，並要求烏克蘭就其擊落飛機的指控發表評論。
最近幾週，別爾哥羅德頻繁遭受來自烏克
蘭的攻擊。 去年 12 月底，襲擊造成至少 25 人死亡，這是戰爭期間俄羅斯平民死亡
最慘重的單一事件之一。
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