Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, which had 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war on board.
A military plane carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, crashed on Wednesday in the Belgorode region near the Russian-Ukraine border, the Associated Press reported.
Russia said that all those on board were killed, according to AFP.
Russian defence officials accused Ukraine of shooting down the plane. Ukrainian officials have not yet commented on the reasons for the crash.
