“On board the Russian Be-200 plane that crashed in the Republic of Turkey, five crew members from among the Russian military personnel and three citizens of the Republic of Turkey, who indicated the sources of the fire, were killed,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.

On August 14, a Be-200 amphibious aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed while landing in the vicinity of the settlement of Adana in Turkey.

There were eight people on board: five Russian servicemen and three representatives of the Turkish Republic.