Russian military transport plane crashes, killing 74

A military transport Il-76 crashed in Russia Wednesday, killing all 74 people aboard. Russia claims it was shot down by Ukraine and that 65 of the dead were Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Video of the crash on social media from the Belgorod border region of Russia showed a plane falling from the sky in a snowy, rural area, and a massive ball of fire erupting where it apparently hit the ground.

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