According to Russian reports, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane has been shot down in the west of the civil war-torn Sudan. The Russian embassy in Khartoum is investigating claims that Russians were on board the aircraft, the Russian state news agency TASS reported on Monday. Representatives of the insurgent Rapid Support Forces militia reported on their social networks that they had shot down the aircraft. The information could not be independently verified. The Russian Telegram channel Mash reported that at least two Russians were allegedly on board. There was no information on the flight ro…