2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 Crash
On 24 January 2024, at around 11:15 Time in Russia, MSK, a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border in Russia's Korochansky District, Korochansky district in Belgorod Oblast, killing everyone on board. Russia stated that the plane was shot down by Ukraine while it was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) captured during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as six crew members and three guards, and that the prisoners of war were to be Prisoner exchange, exchanged in a swap. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not directly take responsibility for shooting down the airplane, but stated that it was a legitimate military target and that it was carrying S-300 missile system, S-300 anti-aircraft missiles for Bombing of Kharkiv (2022–present), bombing Kharkiv Oblast. Some French and US officials claim that the downing of the aircraft was caused by a Patriot missile fired by the Ukrainian army, but there ha ...
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Yablonovo, Korochansky District, Belgorod Oblast
Yablonovo () is a Classification of inhabited localities in Russia, rural locality (a Village#Russia, selo) and the administrative center of Yablonovskoye Rural Settlement, Korochansky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia. The population was 1,711 as of 2010. There are 20 streets. Geography & History Yablonovo is located northeast of Korocha (the district's administrative centre) by road. Spornoye is the nearest rural locality. In January 2024, the region was the site of a Ilyushin Il-76, Il-76 2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash, crash during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. References

Rural localities in Korochansky District Korochansky Uyezd {{BelgorodOblast-geo-stub ...
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