The crash of the An-26 in Crimea resulted in the death of the commander of the mixed aviation corps of the Northern Fleet, Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, along with 29 others on board, with technical failure cited as the cause of the incident.

The crash of the An-26 in Crimea resulted in the death of the commander of the mixed aviation corps of the Northern Fleet, Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, along with 29 others on board, with technical failure cited as the cause of the incident.

@varlamov_news 02 Apr 2026, 15:06

As a result of the crash of the An-26 aircraft in Crimea, Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, commander of the mixed aviation corps of the Northern Fleet, was killed, making him the 14th Russian general to die since the start of the war in Ukraine.

@meduzalive 02 Apr 2026, 14:36