A cargo plane crashed in Sudan. The aircraft was shot down.
It is possible that there were Russians on board the plane.
The incident took place in the western part of the country.
The corresponding information was published on the Telegram channel of the Russian embassy in Sudan on the evening of October 21.
The Russian diplomatic mission in the African country referred to the RBU.
The embassy stressed that diplomats are in contact with Sudanese authorities to obtain full information about the incident.
The diplomatic mission added that the situation is complicated by the following: the area where the cargo plane crashed is located in an area that is engulfed in fighting.
Why a cargo plane could have been shot down
The Russian news agency TASS drew attention to the report from the Sudan War Monitor portal.
The latest source reports that the aircraft may have been shot down by mistake.
The authors of the publication do not rule out that the Rapid Reaction Force, which is taking part in the conflict in Sudan, mistook the cargo plane for a military one.
According to a report from a foreign portal, an Il-76 was shot down. It is noted that one of the crew members had a Russian passport, and another had a certificate of chief engineer of one of the companies.
There is no information about survivors among those who were on board the crashed plane. It is reported that almost the entire aircraft burned.
