Two Russians were on board the An-72 crashed in the DRC

“According to the information of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Russian citizens were aboard the crashed An-72: 1. Vladimir Vladimirovich Sadovnichy, born on 02/07/1958; 2. Vitaly Stepanovich Shumkov, born on February 15, 1955, ”the Russian diplomatic mission reports on its Facebook page.

The Congolese authorities informed the Russian embassy that they were continuing to conduct search and rescue operations.

Earlier, Natalia Kononova, press officer of the Russian Embassy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, said that among the crew members of the An-72 cargo plane crashed in the east of the DRC, according to preliminary data, there were Russians.