Russia has confirmed the death of General Otroshchenko in the An-26 plane crash
Russian authorities have officially confirmed the death of Lieutenant General Alexander Otroshchenko in a crash involving an An-26 military transport aircraft in occupied Crimea.
This was reported by Russian media, citing the governor of the Murmansk region.
According to the region’s head, Andriy Chibis, those killed included servicemen from the Northern Fleet, including Otroshchenko, the commander of the Combined Aviation Corps. He also noted that he had met with the general shortly before the tragedy.
The plane crash occurred on the evening of March 31—the An-26 disappeared from radar while flying over the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea. There were seven crew members and 22 passengers on board; all of them were killed.
Alexander Otroshchenko had served as commander of the Northern Fleet’s Combined Aviation Corps since 2024. Previously, he commanded the 45th Air Force and Air Defense Army.
According to Russian media reports, Otroshchenko became the 14th Russian general to die since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, and the fifth with the rank of lieutenant general.
An An-26 military transport plane crashed in Crimea after colliding with a cliff. Twenty-nine people were killed in the crash.
As a reminder, soldiers from the Raid Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine detected and destroyed an enemy communications antenna on the front lines that was tuned to Gazprom’s Yamal-601 satellite.
