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Arrr! A Russian vessel o' the sky hath plummeted, takin' Ukrainian scallywags down with it - reports the Moscovian scurvy dogs!

2024-01-24

Arrr, ye scurvy dogs! A blasted Russian Ilyushin-76 transport plane done crashed in the southern Belgorod region, just near Ukraine. The Russian ministry o' defence be claimin' that 65 captured Ukrainian military were aboard, on their way fer a prisoner exchange. Can't rightly verify any o' this, me hearties! Ria Novosti be sayin' there be another nine souls on board, includin' six crew. Ukraine's general staff, as quoted by the Ukrainska Pravda website, be sayin'...

In a most unfortunate turn of events, me hearties, a Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane hath met its demise in the southern Belgorod region, right on the border with Ukraine. 'Tis indeed a tragedy, for it carried not only men of the Russian military, but also 65 captured Ukrainian soldiers who were on their way to Belgorod region, all in the name of a grand prisoner exchange.

Arrr, but here be the rub, me lads and lasses, for we cannot independently verify any of the details surrounding those aboard the ill-fated vessel. The Russian ministry of defence claims it to be true, but we be havin' no way to confirm. The Ria Novosti news agency informs us that there be nine more souls aboard, includin' six crew members. Aye, the numbers stack up, but we must be cautious, for the truth be a slippery wench.

Now, the Ukrainian general staff, as quoted by the scribes of Ukrainska Pravda, be sayin' something rather peculiar, me hearties. They be sayin' that the... alas, the snippet be cut off, and we be left wonderin' what they be sayin'. But fear not, for our imagination be vast and our sense of humor even greater.

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