Earlier on Monday, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed they shot down a cargo jet in the western region of Darfur. The Associated Press (AP) reported that footage recorded by mobile phone appeared to show debris while RSF fighters displayed what is believed to be identity documents found from the crashed aircraft.

In conflict-torn Sudan, an Il-76 aircraft belonging to the United Arab Emirates, with a partially Russian crew, was shot down. The Mash channel on Telegram reports that the plane was shot down by rebels from the pro-government paramilitary organization Sudanese Rapid Support Forces.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces said Monday they shot down a cargo jet in the country’s far western reaches of Darfur, a claim that Russian diplomats said they were trying to investigate in the war zone.

A cargo plane from the UAE with part of the crew reportedly being Russian was accidentally shot down in Sudan, where a civil war is ongoing. Source: Russian propaganda media agencies TASS and RBC; Sudan War Monitor Details: As reported by media,

The Russian embassy in Sudan is investigating claims that a cargo plane with Russian crew was potentially shot down in western Sudan. The Rapid Support Forces, a Sudanese faction, may be involved. Efforts are underway to confirm details and learn the crew's fate.

Russian diplomats are investigating claims by Sudan's RSF of shooting down a cargo jet in Darfur, linked to UAE efforts to arm the RSF.

Sudan's paramilitary said they shot down the jet, with footage from the crash site linking it to the United Arab Emirates. View on euronews

Russian diplomats are investigating claims of a cargo jet shoot-down by Sudan's Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, with potential Russian casualties.

Dubai: After the shooting down of a cargo jet in Sudan's Malha region, Russia on Monday stated that it is investigating the claimed shoot-down of a cargo jet by Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur.