probably just that they were treated decently by the Russian military.
This sort of thing was common in the Vietnam War too. North Vietnamese POWs would usually be killed by their own government after being released by the South Vietnamese military in a prisoner exchange.
The reality was, the Hanoi commies didn't want these POWs telling their friends and family that the South Vietnamese and Americans were not, in fact, the devil incarnate. It would have gone against the socialist narrative.
Mind you, the Russian Government made a press-release:
Russia's MFA press release on the shootdown of the plane carrying the Ukie POWs that were to be exchanged:
On the morning of January 24, the Kiev regime committed another terrorist act, as a result of which an Il-76 aircraft of Russian military transport aviation was shot down near the village of Yablonovo in the Korochansky district of the Belgorod region. He carried out a flight to transport 65 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a pre-agreed exchange. All of them and the 6 crew members and 3 Russian officers on board were killed.
The strike on the plane was carried out by the Ukrainian side with anti-aircraft missiles from the area of the village of Liptsi, Kharkiv region.
This is another crime committed by Zelensky's criminal clique, which immediately after the plane crashed in a misanthropic manner announced a "victory", claiming that it was the work of the "valiant Armed Forces of Ukraine". However, as soon as it became known that there were Ukrainian servicemen on board who were on their way to the place of exchange, the rhetoric on Bankova Street changed. They began to deny their involvement in the disaster.
Kiev was well aware of the impending exchange. They knew how and by what route the prisoners of war would be delivered. The attack on the plane was a deliberate and deliberate act. The terrorist attack clearly demonstrates the inability of the Kiev regime to negotiate.
This is not the first time that Zelensky's junta has brutally cracked down on its own servicemen who have been taken prisoner. On July 29, 2022, the Banderites cold-bloodedly launched a missile attack on the colony in Olenivka (DPR), where Azov prisoners were being held at that time. More than 50 people were killed and more than 70 were injured.
We strongly condemn the terrorist act by the Kiev regime in the Belgorod Region. All persons involved in it, including the organizers and executors from among the Ukrainian military and civilian officials, will be identified and will be inexorably punished in accordance with Russian law.
incident once again shows the criminal essence of the neo-Nazi dictatorship in Kiev. Its leaders are indifferent to human life. They perceive people as "expendable" and kill them at the behest of their Western masters and with weapons supplied by the West.
It is quite obvious that the criminal Zelensky regime, nurtured by the United States and its NATO satellites, poses a real and significant threat not only to Russia, but also to Ukraine itself, its ordinary citizens, and the whole world. In agony, he is capable of the most monstrous atrocities.
We believe that international organisations, national governments and the international community should condemn this terrorist attack and other crimes of the Kiev regime. Their silence would mean support for his barbarism and terrorist habits.
probably just that they were treated decently by the Russian military.
This sort of thing was common in the Vietnam War too. North Vietnamese POWs would usually be killed by their own government after being released by the South Vietnamese military in a prisoner exchange.
The reality was, the Hanoi commies didn't want these POWs telling their friends and family that the South Vietnamese and Americans were not, in fact, the devil incarnate. It would have gone against the socialist narrative.
Can confirm that Western MSM is reporting on this, but the number changes around a bit.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/russian-transport-plane-crashes-ukraine-65-ukrainian-pows-106627543
https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/01/25/ukraine-prisoners-of-war-among-74-dead-in-plane-crash-russia-says/
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-01-24/ukraine-pows-transport-plane-crashed
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/24/russia-says-kyiv-shot-down-plane-carrying-ukrainian-pows-a83833
Mind you, the Russian Government made a press-release:
Ding, ding, ding, we have the winning question!