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(Morning News) BBC reported that the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed to shot down a Russian Il-76 transport aircraft carrying paratroopers.

BBC indicates that it cannot independently verify the news.

Ilyushin IL-76 is a large multi-purpose four-engine military aircraft.

The Ukrainian armed forces said in Facebook that the Ukrainian air defense forces shot down the plane near Vasylkiv near Kiev.

The statement said that this was a revenge on the shot of a Ukrainian paratrooper in 2014.