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The disaster occurred against the backdrop of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been used extensively by Russia during the war. At the same time, journalists noted that the city of Yeysk is located close to Ukraine: 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Mariupol, and 200 kilometres (120 mi) to Bakhmut.
1 October – A MIG-31BM interceptor aircraft crashed during takeoff from Belbek Air Base in Crimea. While the navigator/weapons system officer ejected successfully, the pilot died and the aircraft burned out. [128] 17 October – 15 people died in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai after a Su-34 fighter jet crashed into an apartment building. It was on a ...
Ukrainian officials reported the loss of a MiG-29 piloted by Commander Yevhen Lysenko; his fighter was destroyed by Russian air defenses while fighting Russian aircraft near Zhytomyr. [131] [132] 14 March Su-25 An Su-25 was shot down by Russian forces in Volnovakha, Donetsk Oblast. The pilot, Roman Vasyliuk, captured, was later released on 24 ...
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The incident took place 10km away from the town of Monchegorsk, near Russia’s Rizh-Guba island. One of the plane’s two jet engines exploded during a training exercise and the pilot then lost ...
The fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage at Ukraine, a military statement posted on Facebook said. Four of those Russian missiles were shot down ...
The aircraft involved in the accident was a Sukhoi Superjet 100, registration RA-97004, [5] msn 95004. The aircraft was manufactured in 2009 and had accumulated over 800 flight hours at the time of the accident. [6] The Superjet 100 is the first production airliner model produced in Russia since the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. [7]
The Su-34 fighter jet crashed during a training flight over Russia on Wednesday morning