A plane with a Russian crew shot down in Sudan could have been supplying the army
Kyiv • UNN
An Il-76 transport plane with a Russian crew was shot down in North Darfur state. According to the opposition, the plane was used to supply weapons and supplies to the besieged city of Al-Fashir.
According to the opposition faction, the plane that was shot down in the Sudanese state of North Darfur had a Russian crew and was used by the army to supply the city of Al-Fashir, which is under siege.
Writes UNN with reference to Reuters.
The plane shot down in the Sudanese state of North Darfur had Russian crew members on board. The plane was used by the army to supply El Fasher, a city under siege. This is stated in a statement by the opposition faction, citing documents found among the wreckage.
Thus, the incident allegedly provides insight into the shadowy supply networks behind the more than 18-month war between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
RSF officials released images showing their troops standing near the burning wreckage of a plane they claimed to have shot down in al-Malha, north of al-Fashir, early Monday.
Later, an RSF source said it was an Ilyushin transport plane used to airlift weapons, ammunition, and supplies to al-Fashir, where the army and former rebel rebel groups had been trying to repel RSF attacks for months.
The remains of the plane's engine and stabilizer are consistent with the remains of parts from a Russian Il-76 cargo plane, according to a video analysis by the London-based Center for Information Resilience, a nonprofit organization that discovered the crash site 80 miles north of al-Fashir, Reuters reports.
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Earlier , UNN reported that a cargo planewas shot down in Sudan, the crew of which partially consisted of Russians. According to media reports, a cargo plane with Russians on board, allegedly was shot down in Sudan.
