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Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (DIU) said that there are suspicions that the Russian side may have used Ukrainian prisoners of war as human shields for transporting ammunition and weaponry for missile systems.

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has stated that the Il-76 plane that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast the day before was supposed to carry Russian officials on board, but at the last minute, the FSB forbade them to board.

Journalists from the Skhem (Schemes) investigation project have identified the names of the crew members of the Russian Il-76 aircraft that crashed in the morning of 24 January in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.

A Ukrainian intelligence unit entered Russian territory in August last year, destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber and disabled two more. Source: website of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Quote: "Ukrainian intelligence officers covered over 600 kilometres on foot through enemy territory in order to destroy the Russian bombers.

In response to the news of the downing of an Il-76 aircraft in Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has issued a statement saying that it would "continue to destroy means of delivery and control the airspace to eliminate the terrorist threat, including on the Belgorod-Kharkiv front".

A prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine was supposed to take place on Wednesday, 24 January, but it is not taking place at the moment. Source: Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Coordination Headquarters, in a comment to Radio Liberty Quote: "I can state that the swap planned for today is not taking place at the moment.

In light of the Il-76 plane crash in Russia, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has reported that the prisoner exchange scheduled for 24 January did not take place. It has no information on whether there were Ukrainian prisoners on board the aircraft.

The White House does not yet have enough information to determine what happened to the Il-76 plane that crashed in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on 24 January. Source: White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby at a briefing Quote: "We just don't have enough information to comment on this plane crash.

According to him, no fewer than 2,000 Boko Haram terrorists, through a non-kinetic approach, surrendered to the troops in the height of insurgency in the country.

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, says the military has up-scaled the use of hard and soft power in counter-insurgency operations to contain the emerging and changing nature of adversaries. | Pulse Nigeria