Putin: Ukraine shot down the plane - more info to come
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time about the military plane that crashed in the border region of Belgorod on Wednesday. He claims that it was Ukraine that shot down the plane and that they knew that Ukrainian prisoners of war were on board.
- The robots that shot down the Il-76 plane with Ukrainian prisoners of war were fired from Ukrainian territory, he told state media according to Sky News.
Putin has no evidence for his claims, but he promises that a "full investigation" will be presented in the coming days.
Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in the incident. Moscow's narrative, on the other hand, has been questioned by Kyiv and from the West.
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The NATO process|Sweden's application
Kremlin: Will take countermeasures against Sweden
A Swedish
NATO membership "extremely negatively affects stability" in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea area. This is what Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zacharova says at a press conference according to SVT Nyheter.
- The fact that you renounce your long-standing freedom of military alliance and join an organization openly hostile to Russia hardly strengthens the Swedes' sense of security.
Russia will take "political and military-technical" countermeasures, and which ones will be determined, among other things, by the extent to which NATO weapons and troops are deployed in Sweden, adds Zacharova.
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Sources: Canada begins arms sales after Turkey's NATO yes
Canada is getting ready to lift its arms export ban to Turkey after the country approved Sweden's NATO application. Two sources told Reuters.
According to the sources, Canada will start selling spare parts for drones, and Turkey, for its part, has promised to be more transparent about how the drones are used.
According to the information, the ban will be lifted at the same time that Erdogan's signed approval is sent to NATO.
Neither Canada nor Turkey is commenting on the information, but a spokesperson from the Canadian Foreign Ministry says the countries "continue to maintain good relations."
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