Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Russian Tu-95MS Bomber Crashes Near Ukrainka, Killing Six
A Russian military plane crashed on Tuesday in the Amur region.
It fell in a wooded area near Krasnoyanovo and caused a large fire.
Later reports said six people died.
Early reports gave a different type of plane and said seven people were aboard.
Those reports said one person survived with injuries.
Later reports identified the aircraft as a Tu-95MS bomber.
This type of aircraft is important to Russia’s long-range strike and nuclear forces.
The crash was reported as being caused by fuel exhaustion.
A Russian military aircraft crashed in the Amur region on Tuesday.
The crash occurred in a wooded area near the village of Krasnoyanovo.
Six people were killed, according to subsequent reports.
Initial Russian media reports identified the aircraft as a Tu-154 with seven people aboard and one survivor.
Later reports identified the aircraft as a Tu-95MS strategic bomber and attributed the crash to fuel exhaustion.
- Who
- A Russian military aircraft crew; later reports said six people were killed.
- What
- A military aircraft crashed and caused a large fire; reports later identified it as a Tu-95MS strategic bomber.
- When
- Tuesday.
- Where
- A wooded area near Krasnoyanovo in Russia’s Amur region, near Ukrainka Air Base.
- Why
- The crash was attributed to fuel exhaustion.
- Aircraft later identified
- Tu-95MS strategic bomber
- Initial aircraft identification
- Tu-154
- Reported fatalities
- Six
- Initial reported occupants
- Seven
- Initial reported survivor
- One person survived with injuries
- Crash area
- Wooded area near Krasnoyanovo, Amur region
- Reported cause
- Fuel exhaustion