In Russia's Smolensk region, volunteer search and rescue team 'Donskoy' has uncovered over 1,000 fragments of a Red Army aircraft from World War II.
The finds were made during an expedition in the Smolensk municipal district. According to a statement on the team's VKontakte page, after two days of meticulous work, the collected pieces include the aircraft's aluminum frame, fuselage and landing gear sections, propeller loads, glass fragments, electrical cables, and remnants of a warhead.
The search team has also preliminarily identified the crash site. The statement emphasized that excavations and research in the area will continue.