HISTORY

Mi-24P carrying the registration RF-92501 and bort number “red 27” crashed on June 22 in Belarus.

helicopters and one airplane were destroyed,

and according to various sources, 15 to 30 of

their crew members lost their lives.

Two shot-down attack helicopters were

Mi-35 and Ka-52, and four Mi-8 helicopters

included three Mi-8MPTR-1 versions for radioelectronic warfare. The destroyed plane was

an IL-22M, a flying command post based on the

transport aircraft Il-18. The aircraft belonged

to the 610th Combat Training and Conversion

Aviation Center located in Ivanovo, northeast

of Moscow. The dramatic video captured the

aircraft's last moments. The burning plane

spiraled violently as it crashed, resulting in

its tail, wing parts, and two external engines

being torn off. The entire crew of ten people

perished. The names of eight of them were

released - Lieutenant Colonel Artem Milovanov

(43), the deputy chief of the mentioned 610th

center, Captain Artem Sharoglazov (31), the

aircraft commander, Major Gennady Belyakin

(50), the navigator, Captain Viktor Polov (43),

the flight engineer, Captain Igor Volochilov (49),

the airborne technician, Senior Warrant Officer

Sergey Starushok (49), the airborne radio

operator, Senior Sergeant Viktor Podrepny

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A new shot of the wreckage of the Su-34, which was

shot down last year in May on the banks of the Oskil

River near Izyum.

(42), the airborne radio operator, and Senior

Sergeant Alexey Skrykov (29), the airborne

mechanic. Most of them were buried together in

Ivanovo, while Milovanov was buried separately

in Tambov.

End of the Coup

The Wagner Group was advancing towards

Moscow smoothly until the evening of June

24, when Prigozhin ordered them to halt and

retreat. The next day, they also left Rostov,

which they had fully controlled. Allegedly, the

agreement to stop the action was brokered by

Belarusian dictator Lukashenko in exchange

for impunity for the Wagner Group and their

exile in Belarus. Putin agreed to it, although

he had declared in a morning TV speech that

severe punishment awaited the rebels.

Paradoxically, it turned out that in Russia,

you can drive tanks, occupy government

buildings in cities, and shoot down aircraft and

helicopters of the Russian Air Force without

any consequences officially. However, if you

try to protest against the war or even hold up

a blank piece of paper without any inscription

in public, you may be imprisoned for several

Shots of the Ka-52, which was destroyed last year

in September at the Melitopol airbase.

August 2023