
A Russian Air Force Ilyushin IL-76 transport airplane flies above the countryside near the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province on October 25, 2019.
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Russian authorities have claimed that Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed by their own side after the Ilyushin Il-76 airlifter carrying them was shot down by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft system. The Russian ministry of defense said in a statement that all 74 people on board the Russian Air Force...
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