Russia’s military transport command has dispatched five more Il-76 aircraft carrying Russian servicemen from Ulyanovsk to participate in the peacekeeping mission in Nagorno-Karabakh. This was announced on 11 November by the Russian Ministry of Defence.
“On 11 November 2020, five more Il-76 military transport aircraft took off from the airfield in the Ulyanovsk region with Russian peacekeepers on board,” the statement said.
The military command clarified that the aircraft carry personnel of the units of the 15th separate motorised rifle brigade (peacekeeping) of the Central Military District, as well as materiel, vehicles and special equipment.
Earlier today, three more Il-76 aircraft carrying peacekeepers had taken off.
