As Russia’s military advances with adaptations based on the hard lessons learned in the killing fields of Ukraine, integration of this plane with drone swarms or hypersonic weapons could further ...

FILE—An Antonov An-26 military transport aircraft takes off during training flights at the Nikolaevka aviation garrison of the Russia's Pacific naval fleet in Primorye Territory, Russia.

He noted that Russia has lost 136 military planes and 151 helicopters in three years of the war, reducing its aviation fleet so Moscow now relies more on long-range missiles and drones.

A Russian An-26 type cargo plane crashed in Russia's southern Voronezh ... The crash occurred as Moscow began military operations Thursday against Ukraine The February 2014 "Maidan revolution ...