Foreign state support · state-owned military cargo airline · Russia
224th Flight Unit State Airlines
Reported or alleged link, not established
AGrade A: Official recordStrongest record: official record
1 documented tie · 2 steps from the SAF
Also recorded as: JSC The 224th Flight Unit State Airlines; 224 LO; State Airline 224th Flight Detachment; TTF Air Heavy Lifting
The only Sudan link is one flight-tracker report of an An-124 (RA-82040) at Port Sudan; the post itself was not located by this thread.
OFAC designated Joint Stock Company The 224th Flight Unit State Airlines (Russian registration number 1097746281160, tax ID 7718763393; target type 'State-Owned Enterprise'; Moscow) on 19 May 2023 under E.O. 14024, as 'Linked To: Private Military Company Wagner', and listed its fleet as blocked property, including the An-124 RA-82040 (msn 9773053055086, built 1990). The EU listed it on 23 February 2024 (Regulation 2024/753), describing it as a Russian state enterprise 'acting under the control of the Russian Ministry of Defence' that provides air cargo services 'including military cargo', and a subsidiary of JSC Garnizon. It is on the UK list (RUS2102), as is its general director in that capacity. Flightradar24 labels RA-82040 'Russia - 224th Flight Unit State Airline'.
Response
No response is recorded. Named parties have not yet been asked for comment.
Records
2
Each record carries its own grade. A grade describes the source for that record, not the actor.
AGrade A: Official record
Sanctions and company record (OFAC 2023; EU 2024; UK)
2023-2026
OFAC designated Joint Stock Company The 224th Flight Unit State Airlines (Russian registration number 1097746281160, tax ID 7718763393; target type 'State-Owned Enterprise'; Moscow) on 19 May 2023 under E.O. 14024, as 'Linked To: Private Military Company Wagner', and listed its fleet as blocked property, including the An-124 RA-82040 (msn 9773053055086, built 1990). The EU listed it on 23 February 2024 (Regulation 2024/753), describing it as a Russian state enterprise 'acting under the control of the Russian Ministry of Defence' that provides air cargo services 'including military cargo', and a subsidiary of JSC Garnizon. It is on the UK list (RUS2102), as is its general director in that capacity. Flightradar24 labels RA-82040 'Russia - 224th Flight Unit State Airline'.
Response
Not found.
Sanctions
OFAC SDN since 19 May 2023 (RUSSIA-EO14024); EU since 23 Feb 2024; UK (RUS2102); also Canada, Australia, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand per OpenSanctions.
›Research notes
EU statement of reasons read in the French text carried by OpenSanctions.
An-124 RA-82040 reported at Port Sudan, 2026 (single tracker; post not located)
2026
The coordinator's brief records that @AfriMEOSINT reported a 224th Flight Unit An-124 (RA-82040) among aircraft flying into Port Sudan in June-October 2026. This thread could not locate the post (two searches) and found no press, UN or other report of an An-124 at Port Sudan in 2026. Flightradar24's public page showed RA-82040 departing Minsk on 1 Oct 2026 (RFF8902) with destination 'not available'. Nothing found says where it landed or what it carried.
Response
Not found.
Sanctions
See first claim
›Research notes
Lead only. Needs the post URL from the thread that collected it.
OFAC designates Russia's 224th Flight Unit State Airlines as linked to the Wagner Group and lists its fleet, including An-124 RA-82040, as blocked property. treasury.gov↗
AGrade A: Official record
Geography
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Based in
Russia
Also named
France (1)
Places
Port Sudan, Moscow
Position in the network
Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.
Still connected to the SAF when only official records are counted.