It was based at the Antonov airfield, which was captured very early by the Russian special forces and then held for several days under massive assaults from the

It was based at the Antonov airfield, which was captured very early by the Russian special forces and then held for several days under massive assaults from the Ukrainian forces. Whichever side actually destroyed the plane (I would assume it was a Ukrainian artillery barrage), it was almost certainly not done purposefully. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antonov_Airport https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Antonov_Airport