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War in Donbas: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, killing all 49 people on board.
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War in Donbas
2014–2022 war between Ukraine and Russia
The war in Donbas, or the Donbas war, was a phase of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine. The war began in April 2014, when Russian paramilitaries seized several towns. Ukraine's military launched an operation against them, but failed to fully retake…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ilyushin Il-76
Russian heavy four-engined military transport jet aircraft
The Ilyushin Il-76 is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12. It was developed to deliver heavy machinery to remote and poorly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ukrainian Air Force
Aerial warfare branch of Ukraine's armed forces
The Ukrainian Air Force is the air force of Ukraine and one of the eight branches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (ZSU). Its current form was created in 2004 by merging the Ukrainian Air Defence Forces into the Air Force.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
2014 Ukrainian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 shootdown
Aircraft shootdown in Ukraine
On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the Russia-backed separatists from Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhansk International Airport, Ukraine,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Luhansk People's Republic
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The Luhansk People's Republic is a disputed territory administered as a republic of Russia in the occupied parts of eastern Ukraine's Luhansk Oblast, with its capital in Luhansk. The LPR was proclaimed by Russian-backed paramilitaries in 2014, and it initially operated as a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)