He announced this in his Telegram channel.

“On board were three of our fellow countrymen, residents of the region.

They participated in an important humanitarian mission, protected lives, and fought fires.

I express my deep condolences and sincere words of support to the families of the victims, Kuban mourns with you, "Kondratyev wrote.

The Be-200 amphibious aircraft of the Russian Ministry of Defense crashed while landing in Turkey.

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

As a result of the plane crash, there are no survivors.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to present the Russian military who died in the crash of the Be-200 plane in Turkey to state awards posthumously.