Ukraine war live updates: Russian military plane crashes in border region, Moscow says 65 Ukrainian POWs were on board

This is CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. See below for the latest updates. 

A Russian military transport plane — an Ilyushin Il-76 — has crashed in the border Belgorod region, according to Russian media outlets.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reportedly said the aircraft was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war ahead of a prisoner swap, and nine Russians. One Russian lawmaker said the plane was shot down by three missiles of types that the West has supplied to Ukraine. CNBC was unable to verify that claim and further details surrounding the incident are emerging.

In other news, Turkish lawmakers finally approved Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing a major obstacle for the country to enter the military alliance after 20 months of delays.

After decades of military nonalignment, Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022, several months after Russia invaded Ukraine. Finland's membership was ratified by all NATO members last year but Sweden's bid was initially opposed by Turkey and Hungary.

After Ankara's decision to approve Sweden's entry to the defense bloc, Hungary is now the only NATO member yet to ratify Sweden's accession. NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the Turkish parliament's decision yesterday, and called on Hungary to follow suit.

A Russian lawmaker suggested that a Russian military transport plane carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war that was shot down over the Belgorod region Wednesday was part of a two-plane convoy en route to a prisoner swap with Ukraine.

The Head of the Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov told the RBC news agency that the Ilyushin-76 military transport plane was "shot down by three Patriot or IRIS-T missiles," that had been