What happened in the Belgorod region? The UN Security Council meets urgently on Thursday, January 25, at the request of Moscow, which accuses Ukraine of having shot down a Russian military transport plane and killed all its passengers, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war before be exchanged. For its part, kyiv has not confirmed whether prisoners from its country were among the victims. The meeting is scheduled to take place at 11 p.m. (French time). Follow our live stream.
Volodymyr Zelensky calls for an international investigation. The Ukrainian president has already instructed several state agencies to conduct their own investigations into the crash. kyiv has neither confirmed nor denied that the plane was shot down by Ukrainian missiles, as Moscow maintains.
A strike from an American anti-aircraft battery? According to a French military source at franceinfo, The Yyushin 76 which crashed was hit by an American-made Patriot air defense battery held by the Ukrainian army. According to Russian authorities, no one survived the plane crash.
Russian attacks continue in Ukraine. kyiv announced Thursday that it had shot down 11 drones out of 14 launched by Russia overnight and which left several people injured in the southern regions of the country. Residential buildings and a warehouse were damaged near Odessa and Mykolaiv.