A Russian military aircraft crashed in Crimea on March 31, 2026, resulting in 29 fatalities, according to reports from the Russian state news agency TASS citing the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry stated that six crew members and 23 passengers died in the incident. The crash occurred in Crimea, which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 in a move widely condemned as illegal by the international community.
Both Swedish news outlets Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet reported the incident based on information from TASS and the Russian Defense Ministry. No further details about the type of aircraft, the cause of the crash, or the specific location within Crimea were immediately available from the sources.