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A large Russian military transport plane crashed yesterday near the border with Ukraine, killing 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, six crew members and three other people on board, the Russian Defense Ministry said, which accused Ukraine of shooting down the plane with missiles.

The ministry said the prisoners of war were transferred to the Belgorod region to be exchanged for Russian military personnel. It accused Ukrainian forces of launching two missiles from Ukraine's nearby Kharkiv region that struck the plane. The Russian claims could not be independently verified.

Officials in Kiev did not comment directly on Moscow's accusations or claims, and the headquarters of the Army General Staff issued a statement affirming the right to attack Russian military transport aircraft in the border area. But later in the day, Ukrainian military intelligence hinted that the event may have been a tragic mistake.

Analysis: If Ukraine were to shoot down a plane carrying its own soldiers, even unwittingly, it would be a painful setback at a difficult time for its war effort, which is under serious threat from ammunition and personnel shortages and fears that Western support is eroding .

NATO: Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary vowed to push lawmakers to vote in favor of Sweden joining NATO. He offered no timeline. The Hungarian leader has repeatedly hampered Europe's efforts to shore up security during Russia's invasion of Ukraine and vetoed a $52 billion aid package for Kiev.

Explosive projectiles hit a UN training center in southern Gaza yesterday, killing at least nine people, wounding 75 others and sparking a fire where hundreds of people displaced by the fighting had taken refuge, U.N. officials said. The death toll was expected to rise, according to UN officials in New York.

U.N. officials did not explicitly say who fired on the shelter, but they said it had been hit by tank rounds; only Israel uses tanks in the conflict. The Israeli military later said in a statement that it was investigating the possibility that Hamas had hit the building and that it had “ruled out that this incident was the result of an air or artillery strike by the IDF.”

Details: The shells hit a building housing 800 people, part of a U.N. complex that includes a number of buildings housing about 30,000 displaced people, U.N. officials said.

The toll: Nearly 150 people working for non-governmental organizations have been killed in the war and 237 UN sites have been affected since October 7, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said, adding that the parties to the conflict have confirmed the locations and details of all UN sites know. facilities.

Other news from the war:

  • Shipping costs are rising as Houthi attacks in the Red Sea force companies to pay high insurance premiums or take alternative routes that use more fuel.

  • In Khan Younis, thousands of people were trapped in a hospital due to heavy fighting. Israeli forces surrounded another hospital where displaced people were sheltering, aid groups said, after the Israeli army ordered evacuations for that part of the city.

Measles, a vaccine-preventable disease, is flaring up again in parts of Europe, including Britain. Small outbreaks have also emerged in various parts of the US

In Europe, reported cases of measles increased more than 40 times last year compared to 2022, the WHO said yesterday. Nearly a third of these cases occurred in Kazakhstan, which the WHO considers part of Europe and where the outbreak is largely blamed on children who missed routine immunizations. Experts fear that the virus could spread beyond Kazakhstan.

City officials in San Francisco attempted to spend $1.7 million in state money on a public restroom. It's still not ready.

For many residents, the episode has illustrated the city's inefficiency. If an army of more than 30,000 city employees with an annual budget of $14 billion cannot build a simple bathroom, what hope is there for solutions to the housing shortage and fentanyl crisis?

European Football Title Races: Brace yourself for excitement season ends.

Australian Open: Carlos Alcaraz is out after a four-set loss to Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals.

The new star of PGA Tour: Nick Dunlap just needs your patience.

Reaching a saturation point: Does Formula 1 really need that? another street race?

An American chemistry professor has a surprising idea about how to make the best cup of tea: add a pinch of salt.

Michelle Francl looked at papers and texts spanning more than 1,000 years to try to determine the best way to make a cup of tea. She warns that if the bag has been in the water too long, you should first add salt – and only the tiniest pinch. “The sodium blocks the bitter receptors,” she said. “The tea tastes softer and less bitter.”

That suggestion has caused quite a stir in Britain. 'Good Morning Britain', the ITV news programme, said adding salt to tea 'feels like a crime'. The Daily Mail headline claimed that the suggestion had “brought the British to the boiling point.”

Read more about her advice, conventional and otherwise.

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