The media reported the destruction of a military aircraft with Russian pilots.

The Russian news agency URA.ru, quoting the words of Honored Pilot of Russia Yuri Sytnik, reports that the terrorists shot down the An-72 military transport aircraft, on board of which there were Russian pilots.

“Our work there under a contract. Congo is a friendly country for us and there are military advisers who fly on planes across the republic. Most likely this aircraft with members of the Russian crew was bought or leased to Congo. Knocked him down, the engines got up, they didn’t refuel, the engines or control failed, the pilots crashed into the mountain, there could be a thousand reasons. Africa is Africa. There are many of our aircraft and many of our pilots. ”, - quotes the words of Sytnik Russian edition.

It is noteworthy that the tragedy occurred on October 10, however, for unknown reasons, the media learned about it only in the second half of Friday, while information about the death of Russian pilots has already been confirmed, but the Russian side has not announced any details.

It should be noted that in the Democratic Republic of the Congo there is a significant number of terrorist groups, which are armed with, including MANPADS.