According to her, the explosion was strong.
There was also a lot of smoke.
The woman admitted that she was very scared.
“Thank you that he (the crew - RT) saved us... They themselves died, but they saved the village,” she noted.
The Russian Ministry of Defense previously stated that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian Il-76 military transport aircraft with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel over the Belgorod region using an anti-aircraft missile system.
On board were six crew members, 65 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them.
They all died.