A RUSSIAN military plane has crashed over occupied Crimea killing all 29 people on board.

The ageing £3million An-26 transport aircraft lost contact over rocky peninsula as it plunged down to the ground leaving 23 fighters and six crew dead.

NINTCHDBPICT001070774242An ageing £3million An-26 transport aircraft lost contact over the rocky Crimean peninsula as it plunged down to the ground leaving 23 fighters and six crew deadCredit: East2West NINTCHDBPICT001070774225A second Putin warplane – a £30 million Su-34 fighter-bomber – was lost in a separate incident as it engaged Ukrainian drones, say reportsCredit: East2West

A second Putin warplane – a £30 million Su-34 fighter-bomber – was lost in a separate incident as it engaged Ukrainian drones, say reports.