The Orenburg region authorities named the dead crew members of the downed Il-76

The office of the governor and government of the Orenburg region revealed the identities of the dead crew members of the Il-76, which, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, was shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) over the Belgorod region. The day before, Governor of the Orenburg Region Denis Pasler reportedthat the Il-76 aircraft was flown by pilots from the Orenburg military transport regiment.

“List of dead crew members of the Il-76, which crashed: ship commander Bezzubkin, assistant ship commander Chmirev, navigator Vysokin, flight engineer Piluev, flight engineer Zhitenev, flight radio operator Sablinsky,” it says. Telegram channel of the apparatus of the governor and government of the Orenburg region. Governor of the Tambov region Maxim Egorov reported yesterday that the commander of the Il-76 was a native of Tambov, Stanislav Bezzubkin.

According to the Ministry of Defense, an Il-76 military transport aircraft was shot down on January 24 in the Belgorod region by two missiles from an anti-aircraft missile system stationed in the Kharkov region. According to the department, there were 65 Ukrainian prisoners on board, as well as three accompanying persons and six crew members. They all died. It was reported that prisoners of war were being transported for exchange.

Anastasia Larina