Il-76 Crash in Sudan: Reuters Reported Who Could Be on Board the Aircraft.

The crash of the Il-76 aircraft, which was shot down in Sudan on October 21, could have been carrying Russian businessman Viktor Granov. Reuters reported this with reference to a source in the rebel army.

According to the agency, the Il-76 was used to deliver weapons, ammunition, and food to El-Fashir, where the regular army of Sudan faces attacks from Rapid Support Forces. According to the Reuters source, the aircraft was shot down during the delivery.

One of the crew members could have been 67-year-old Viktor Granov. Information from human rights activists Amnesty International indicates that he is a businessman and previously collaborated with Viktor Bout, who was released from an American prison in exchange with Russia. Granov also managed airlines that violated the embargo on supplying weapons to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

At the scene, they found an ID card, Granov's passport, and the passport of another suspected crew member - Anton Selivants.

Footage from the scene. In Sudan, a plane with Russian citizens was shot down pic.twitter.com/3R2qp13oSD

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One of the video recordings, taken on a mobile phone found among the plane wreckage, shows a man identified as Alexander Kabanov. He is a 61-year-old Russian and former Airborne Forces serviceman who has worked in Africa for several years, including in Uganda, Sudan, and South Sudan.

In Sudan, rebels shot down a cargo Il-76 aircraft with presumably Russians on board pic.twitter.com/ELD1QFlSZC

— ГЛАВКОМ (@GLAVCOM_UA) October 21, 2024

Recall that in Sudan, a cargo Il-76 aircraft with Russians on board was shot down.

It was also reported about a plane crash in Russia with four people on board, one crew member died.

In addition, information that a Russian Su-34 fighter jet was shot down by a Ukrainian F-16 aircraft caused outrage. If confirmed, this will be the first case where a Russian fighter jet is destroyed by an aircraft provided to Ukraine by its Western partners.