The authorities of the Ivanovo region reported that on Saturday, June 24, the crew of an Il-22 aircraft based in the region died in the line of military duty. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the regional government.
“In the performance of military duty on June 24, the crew of an Il-22 aircraft based in the Ivanovo region died,” the agency cites a message from regional authorities.
Governor Stanislav Voskresensky expressed his condolences to the relatives and friends of the servicemen and instructed them to provide assistance to their families.
Earlier, the agency recalls, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that the pilots died in the confrontation with the rebels. He said that everything necessary would be done to support the families of servicemen.
On the night of June 24, in Rostov-on-Don, the Wagner PMC captured the headquarters of the Southern Military District. The capture took place after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s statements that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly carried out missile and bomb attacks on the Wagner camps, although this was denied by both the Ministry of Defense and the Russian FSB. A criminal case was opened against Prigozhin for organizing an armed rebellion. Later, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, in agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin, held talks with Prigozhin, after which Lukashenko’s press service reported that the head of the PMC accepted his proposal to stop the Wagner movement on Russian territory and take further steps to de-escalate. Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Prigozhin would leave for Belarus, and the criminal case would be dropped.
Source: Rosbalt
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