The Latest Breaking News from Belgorod

Russia has accused Ukraine of shooting down the military transport plane, calling it a barbaric act of terrorism.

Russia claims Ukraine shot down military transport plane in Belgorod, killing 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board.

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…