Complicit Dossier

Foreign personnel and contractors · foreign contract personnel · Russia

Russian contract aircrew (Il-76)

  • Documented supplier or backer
  • Grade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated

Also recorded as: Russian contract aircrew (Il-76 ST-JAN); Russian-crewed Il-76 that served both sides (Oct 2024 crash) – SWM retraction

Russian crew flew SAF airdrop missions to El Fasher; two Russians killed in 21 Oct 2024 shootdown.

Their response

  • Russia said it was investigating (Euronews headline, not opened).

Records

2

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Grade B: Corroborated

Russian-crewed Il-76 that served both sides (Oct 2024 crash) – SWM retraction

Sudan War Monitor retracted its initial 'UAE cargo plane' identification of the Il-76 downed over North Darfur on 21 Oct 2024: follow-up research and Reuters indicated the aircraft, previously used in the UAE airlift to Amdjarass, was at the time 'operating in support of the Sudanese Armed Forces'.

Fact-check
SWM's own retraction of the UAE attribution.
Source
independent OSINT monitor (Sudan War Monitor; has issued public retractions)
  1. 1Sudan War Monitor · sudanwarmonitor.com · 26 Oct 2024

NamesRussiaUAE

2 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Geography

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Based in
Russia
Also named
United Arab Emirates (2)
Places
El Fasher, Darfur

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

No relationship with another organisation or person is recorded for this actor.