Eight Russian officers were killed in the Tu-95MS crash in the Amur region on September 29, including people involved in organizing missile strikes on Ukraine, according to Mediazona, RBC-Ukraine reports.
The aircraft crashed near the village of Krasnoyarovo. Initial reports said six crew members were killed. They had been conducting a training flight from the Ukrainka air base.
Later, the local Seryshevo community outlet Selskiye Novosti reported that a memorial to the dead pilots had been opened. The post was spotted by OSINT analyst Duke Garland.
Mediazona verified the information in the post and established that all eight people killed served in Russia’s strategic aviation forces.
Six of the victims were members of the Tu-95MS’s regular crew. Two others may have been on board as inspectors or passengers.
According to Mediazona, most of those killed had previously served in Engels, Saratov region, before being transferred to the Amur region. Three of them — Major Andrei Lobanov, Major Andrei Gerasimov and Lieutenant Colonel Fyodor Pavlyukov — are mentioned in the Ukrainian project “Book of Executioners.” The project identifies them as participants in or organizers of missile strikes.
Following the SBU’s Spiderweb operation, the Ukrainka air base became one of the main bases for Russia’s long-range aviation.
The bombers initially fly to the Engels or Olenya airfields near Ukraine’s border. From there, they launch missiles before returning to the Russian Far East.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that a Russian Tu-95MS crashed near the village of Krasnoyarovo on September 29.
Russian military bloggers said at the time that three people had been killed and four others injured.
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