Ukraine floats the theory it may have been tricked into shooting down the plane Russia says was full of Ukrainian POWs (www.businessinsider.com)

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-A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine.
-Russia accused Ukraine of shooting it down, killing 74 people on board, including prisoners of war.
-Ukraine said it was not told about "the need to ensure the safety of the airspace in the area."

Ukraine has suggested that it may have been tricked into shooting down a plane that Russia claims was carrying 74 people, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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[-] knfrmity@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Given Ukraine's track record there's no way this wasn't on purpose and that they're not lying about it.