The Air Force Ukraine sought a comment to the General Staff of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and the GUR for commenting on this incident. Currently, the General Staff has indicated the BBC of Ukraine that there are no accurate information about the situation and find out the circumstances.
"We have no information," said the source about some media reports that the aircraft could knock down the Armed Forces.
Local telegrams are spreading a video showing how a plane flies down and then explodes on the ground.
The accident happened at about 11 o'clock in Moscow time (10 in Kiev).
IL-76 is a military transport aircraft that can carry both military equipment and weapons and hundreds of people.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, which were delivered to the Belgorod region for exchange, as well as 6 crew members and three people who accompanied the prisoners.
What caused the fall is still unknown, says the Ministry of Defense of Russia. An investigative commission left for the place, the Russian military reported.
Governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that an event occurred in the Korochan district. For this purpose, he changed his work schedule and went to place.
He did not inform other details.
At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry at the same time reported about the Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.
