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Moscow says aircraft that went down in border region of Belgorod was carrying prisoners who were to be swapped

Russian defence ministry said the plane was carrying prisoners of war who were to be exchanged in a swap, a claim an official in Kyiv has disputed

Comments come after Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down transport plane killing 65 Ukrainian POWs on board.

Sitting with her two children in a hotel room in Russia, Anna Demkina only watches cartoons.

A man under arrest by Russian internal security forces was seen confessing to a “crime”, in a video posted on January 2. He had been apprehended after allegedly posting a video on social media that purportedly showed air defences near the Russian city of Belgorod. This city, on the border…

Russian authorities began to evacuate the residents of Belgorod, Russia, on January 5, after Ukrainian air strikes on the border town intensified. The evacuation of hundreds of Belgorod residents is a first in the war that began with the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 – Russia has not…

It is only on a voluntary basis. So how much to make of Russian authorities offering their citizens a ride out of Belgorod? The western city across from Ukraine's Kharkiv is increasingly the target of Moscow's own medicine: a steady diet of missiles from the sky. As NATO leaders meet…

Authorities in the Russian border city of Belgorod began evacuating hundreds of children Wednesday after weeks of deadly shelling from Ukrainian forces.

Russia on Tuesday said its military would do everything possible to stop the Ukrainian shelling of Belgorod, a border town where hundreds were evacuated after fatal bombardments.

Fuel facility struck in the city of Oryol, 230 miles south of Moscow and 137 miles from the Ukrainian border

Russia said Monday it had moved some 300 people from the border city of Belgorod due to Ukrainian shelling, the biggest evacuation from a major Russian city since the conflict began.