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Zelenskyy accuses Russia of 'playing with lives' after POW plane downed

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Moscow of "playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners", following a deadly plane crash in western Russia.

Ukraine's president has called for an international inquiry into Wednesday's crash that killed all 74 people onboard.Russia claims the passengers were Ukrainian prisoners of war headed for a swap.

The Il-76 plane was downed on Wednesday in the Belgorod region near Ukraine's border, with 65 Ukrainian POWs, six Russian crew and three escorts on board.

Moscow has called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting into the incident, accusing Kyiv of shooting it down. Russia has offered no evidence about the crash.

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