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Originally posted by tangs: ↑

'Highly unlikely' Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board
As we have been reporting, Russia claims 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war were on the military transport plane that crashed in Belgorod.
The local governor has said everyone on the flight has died.
Ukraine is yet to confirm that is the case, and has urged people to "refrain from spreading unverified information".
Mark Voyger, former special adviser for Russian affairs to the US Army Europe, told Sky News the information being released is "sketchy" and it is "highly unlikely" any prisoners of war were on board.
"We can safely rule out that the plane was carrying PoWs," he said.
The crashed plane is an expensive model, typically used by Russian air defence, he said.
He compared carrying PoWs in such an aircraft to "using a helicopter to go shopping".
The trajectory of the plane at the time it crashed has also been questioned, he said, adding that initial data suggests it was flying north and not towards the Ukrainian border as Russia has claimed.
The plane may have taken off from Egypt, he said.
"If that was the case, it could have been carrying Wagner mercenaries or ammunition," he said.
"I find it highly unlikely that there were Ukrainian PoWs on board."

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-russia-putin-news-live-nuclear-latest-updates-12541713

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Who is this Mark Voyger?

How didh e come across information on the trajectory of Russian military aircraft? Flightradar? )))

And is he saying that Russia doesn't fly Ukrainian POW's in planes?

Check this video out, on this page, you moron. Pay attention. It's a prisoner exchange that took place months ago. Sure looks like the Ukrainian POW's are getting out of the back of a transport plane. Could it be il-76?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/22/ukrainian-putin-ally-viktor-medvedchuk-exchanged-for-200-azov-battalion-fighters-zelenskiy-says

Jeebez tangs, your sources of info are atrocious.
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