Ukraine war latest: An-26 crash in occupied Crimea kills Russian general, BBC reports

Russian Lieutenant-General Aleksandr Otroshchenko was one of those aboard the An-26 transport plane that crashed in Russian-occupied Crimea on March 31, BBC’s Russian Service reported, citing unnamed sources in the Russian Northern Fleet.

While, police have detained a Lviv Customs inspector suspected of fatally stabbing an enlistment officer in the neck during a document check on April 2, the National Police said.

At the same time, three Ukrainian drones allegedly attacked a compressor station in southern Russia servicing the TurkStream export pipeline, Russian state-controlled natural gas giant Gazprom claimed on April 2.

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