Illustrative photo – A Russian Su-25 fighter jet during a mission in Ukraine in a photo taken by the Russian Ministry of Defense on July 2, 2022.
Belgorod (Russia) – In Russian A Russian Su-25 fighter jet crashed in the Belgorod region, which is located near the border with Ukraine. According to press agencies, this was announced today by the Russian Ministry of Defense, according to which the cause was apparently a “technical fault”. The pilot was killed.
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“After completing a combat mission, a Su-25 aircraft of the Russian Air Force crashed while returning to its base in the Belgorod region. The pilot was killed,” reads the statement of the Russian Ministry of Defense according to the Interfax agency.
What exactly combat mission rested, the authority did not specify, the BBC noted on its Russian-language website. Belgorod region is adjacent to Ukraine, which Russia invaded militarily a year ago.
The Russian Ministry of Defense noted that the plane crashed in an uninhabited area and there was no damage on the ground.
Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov earlier on the social platform Telegram wrote that rescuers and investigators are at the scene of the plane crash near the city of Valujki.
A day earlier, Gladkov reported on an explosion in the border town of Shebekino, in which one person was injured. In the past year, Russian border villages near the combat zone have repeatedly come under fire, the BBC noted earlier. Russian authorities repeatedly accuse the Ukrainian side, which denies shelling Russian territory.
