Putin’s war machine strikes a major blow as An-22 super-cargo plane crashes in Russia

On December 9, 2025, Russia’s last operational Antonov An-22, the world’s largest turboprop aircraft, broke apart in mid-air over the Uvodskoye Reservoir near Ivankovo in the Ivanovo region, about 125 miles northeast of Moscow. All seven crew members were killed as search teams recovered wreckage from the icy water. The aircraft, built in 1974 and registered as RF-09309, had been sent on a post-repair inspection flight. Its destruction did more...