![Ostap Yarysh on X: "#Ukraine's air force shot down a Russian IL-76 plane carrying paratroopers near #Kyiv, according to Ukraine's military command. IL-76 could carry up to 150 troops. https://t.co/KhIMAI6Oj2" / X Ostap Yarysh on X: "#Ukraine's air force shot down a Russian IL-76 plane carrying paratroopers near #Kyiv, according to Ukraine's military command. IL-76 could carry up to 150 troops. https://t.co/KhIMAI6Oj2" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMev0rOXMAUG5V-.jpg)
Ostap Yarysh on X: "#Ukraine's air force shot down a Russian IL-76 plane carrying paratroopers near #Kyiv, according to Ukraine's military command. IL-76 could carry up to 150 troops. https://t.co/KhIMAI6Oj2" / X
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File:41 Red - RF-94268 Ilyushin IL.76 ( A-50 ) Russian Air Force (8019195255).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
Royal Air Force on X: "RAF Typhoon fighter jets operating from Ämari Air Base in Estonia launched to intercept a Russian IL-76 military transport aircraft that was flying close to Estonian airspace.
![78650 - Russia - Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 (all models) at Ramenskoye - Zhukovsky | Photo ID 352287 | Airplane-Pictures.net 78650 - Russia - Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 (all models) at Ramenskoye - Zhukovsky | Photo ID 352287 | Airplane-Pictures.net](https://cdn.airplane-pictures.net/images/uploaded-images/2014/1/6/352287.jpg)
78650 - Russia - Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 (all models) at Ramenskoye - Zhukovsky | Photo ID 352287 | Airplane-Pictures.net
Video of the downing of the Russian Il-76 military transport plane in Belgorod Oblast appears online
Military intelligence: Senior Russian officials were supposed to be on Il-76 flight but did not board
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