Or Uke intel knew there were POWs on the plane and shot it down to kill the “ traitors” and try to pin an atrocity on the Russians
It would be interesting to know who were these POWs and where they were being airlifted and why..
Remember the Ukes shelled a Uke POW camp last year because some of the POWs were going to be witnesses in Russian war crimes trials for their acts in Mariupol …the Red Cross “ investigated” but nothing came of it, meaning…..
“Or Uke intel knew there were POWs on the plane and shot it down to kill the “ traitors” and try to pin an atrocity on the Russians”
I doubt we ever find out for sure, but maybe also it’s just the ‘value’ that Ukrainians put on human lives. After all, there were also likely a dozen or more Russians on the plane...so maybe that was all they wanted, regardless of the collateral damage.