2024 Korochansky Ilyushin Il-76 crash site

On 1/24/2024, at around 11:15 MSK, a Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 military transport plane crashed near the Ukrainian border in Russia's Korochansky district in Belgorod Oblast, killing all on board. Russia stated that the plane was shot down while carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war captured during the invasion, as well as 6 crew members and 3 guards, and that the prisoners of war were to be exchanged in a swap.