Even Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency has acknowledged the scale of the challenge. According to the CCD, official estimates suggest that Russia could lose as many as 339 aircraft over the next five years due to wear and lack of spare parts.
See my previous post about Russia’s strategic bomber crisis as well as these two stories are deeply intertwined.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/09/russian-military-cargo-plane-crashes-east-of-moscow-a91377
This was apparently a failure of a “fuselage snaps in mid-air” variety.
I don’t know how far I’d trust the condition of said military cargo planes.
Those aren’t supposed to snap in mid-air, are they?
that’s not very typical, i’d like to make that point