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Senior Russian commander Alexander Otroshchenko killed in March air crash, official says
Russia said a technical malfunction likely caused the crash of the decades-old An-26 transport plane.
- Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko, commander of the 45th Army of the Northern Fleet's Air Force and Air Defence, died when an An-26 military transport plane crashed into a cliff in Crimea on March 31.
- The Russian Defence Ministry cited a technical malfunction as the preliminary cause, with 29 military personnel killed on board the aircraft.
- On Monday, Murmansk Governor Andrei Chibis confirmed the general's death, noting he had met with Otroshchenko just days before the crash.
- Federal investigators launched a criminal probe under Article 351 of the Russian Criminal Code, examining potential violations of flight rules and preparation regulations.
- BBC News Russian estimates Otroshchenko is the 14th Russian general killed since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, while Kyiv has made no claims regarding the incident.
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The Independent (US)Russian air force commander among victims of Crimean plane crash
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He was on board the fallen An-26.
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