Russia’s investigative committee has released a video it claims shows Ukrainian prisoners of war boarding the military transport plane that went down on Tuesday. 

The committee shared the video with the caption: “Footage of Ukrainian prisoners of war boarding an Il-76 plane that crashed in the Belgorod region as a result of a terrorist attack.”

The Investigative Committee and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have both accused Ukraine of attacking the plane with an anti-aircraft missile.

Kyiv has not confirmed whether it was involved, or whether PoWs were on board, but authorities have cast doubt over the number dead – saying only five bodies were taken to a local Belgorod morgue.

The footage shows vehicles approaching an aircraft on a snowy airfield. 

No location is given, and there is no audio. 

Individuals are seen getting out of the vehicles in preparation for boarding. Only a single line of explanatory text suggests that it depicts Ukrainian servicemen boarding the military transport.

Ukrainian Radio NV wrote in a comment: “Because of the poor quality of the video, it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening.” 

MEZIESBLOG is unable to verify the video. 

We’re yet to have any official comment from Kyiv on this, but we’ll bring you more as we get it.