[HIGHLIGHTS] The flight mechanic of the Il-76 wrote to his wife before the last flight to Belgorod

Sergei Zhitenev died as a result of the crash of an Il-76 aircraft shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He wrote to his wife before his last flight to Belgorod.

On board were six crew members, 65 military personnel of the Armed forces of Ukraine for the exchange and three Russian military personnel accompanying them. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian troops hit a Russian Il- 76 military transport plane with captured Ukrainian Armed Forces military personnel on January 24.