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Russian Il-76 cargo jet crash in Ivanovo

In the Ivanovo region of Russia, A Russian military transport plane, the Il-76, has crashed near its home base in Ivanovo, Russia. According to numerous photos and videos capturing the moment of the plane's descent, one of the engines of the Il-76 caught fire and detached from the jet mid-air...
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The Czech-led artillery ammunition purchasing programme announced it has now bought 300,000 shells for Ukraine.

There are non-binding commitments in place for another 200,000, but no purchases formally agreed to. Apparently, negotiations with a number of countries in the Balkans are ongoing but they're a bit tricky as NATO is still perona non grata with some in that part of the world.

Overall, the initiative is now aiming to acquire up to 1.1 million shells. The initial target was 500,000 NATO standard 155mm shells and 300,000 'old' Soviet caliber shells (mostly 122mm I believe).

Ukraine is currently using ~2,000 to 3,000 shells per day across 105mm, 122mm, 130mm, 152mm and 155mm calibers. Peak usage last year was about 6,000 to 6,500 shells per day. Meaning 300,000 shells would be somewhere around 100 to 150 days usage at current rates, or 45-50 days usage at peak rates.

The US has also announced it is supplying additional 105mm and 155mm shells in its latest security assistance package (announced yesterday). The $300 million package was only possible because the DoD made some 'cost savings' in negotiations about new/replacement equipment. Mostly because supply chain costs keep going down.
 
and it lost an engine, not a door. Although you never know what happens if the de-icing system runs for too long on certain 787/737 models.
That IL-76 must have suffered a catastrophic engine failure that also damaged parts of the wing so the fire was not extinguishable/controllable.
Still wondering why the crew and passengers did not try to para from the a/c
 

They did not want to be court martialed.
 
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