It was an Ilyushin Il-76 -- a workhorse plane of the Russian and Ukrainian militaries, known for carrying heavy cargos: tanks, trucks, weapons, equipment, men. According to the Russian Defense ...

The IL-76 is a quad-engine transport aircraft that first flew in 1971. It is 154 feet long, has a wingspan of 164 feet, and weighs 196,211 lbs. The aircraft can carry up to 105,821 lbs of cargo.

Russian and Ukrainian authorities have opened criminal investigations into Wednesday's crash of the Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft in Russia's Belgorod region. Ukraine's Security Service (SBU ...

Isabel van Brugen is a Newsweek Reporter based in Kuala Lumpur. Her focus is reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war. Isabel joined Newsweek in 2021 and had previously worked with news outlets ...

Russia accused Ukraine of shooting down an Il-76 transport aircraft carrying prisoners of war. Ukrainian outlets said Ukraine shot down the plane, but that it had missiles aboard rather than ...

Catch a rare glimpse of Ukrainian and Russian heavy cargo aircraft operations at Hahn Airport (HHN) in this powerful aviation ...

Russia currently has about a hundred Il-76 cargo-carrying aircraft, including those of a military nature, in service. This was announced by the spokesman of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of ...

Two Il-76 military transport planes have been spotted landing in Gomel again This means that the last third part of the ...

A Ukrainian drone strike damaged four Russian transport planes at a Russian airbase in Pskov, per reports. The strike comes as Ukraine ramps up its attacks in Russia to bring to the war home to Putin.

The exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine contributes to de-escalation in the region, member of the House ...

Accusations and confusion surround the shooting down of a Russian air force Ilyushin Il-76 transport near the Russian city of Belgorod on 24 January. Social media footage shot from a distance ...