The Russian occupiers announced the downing of a Su-30 fighter jet during a training flight. The crew was killed in the crash.

According to the occupiers, the aircraft crashed in a deserted area in the Kaliningrad region. Russian media reported this with reference to the press service of the Western Military District of the Russian Armed Forces.

The Russian Federation stated that the flight was carried out without ammunition. According to preliminary information, the accident was caused by a technical malfunction.

"On 12 August, during a training flight in the Kaliningrad region, a Su-30 aircraft crashed in a deserted area, killing the crew," the statement said.

It is worth noting that the crash of military aircraft in Russia has recently become quite common.

For example, a MiG-31 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in Russia. It was allegedly conducting a training flight in the Kamchatka Territory.

Earlier it was reported that a Russian MiG-31 supersonic fighter jet crashed in the Murmansk region of the Russian Federation. Both pilots ejected, and the plane crashed into a lake near the city of Monchegorsk.

On 25 June, it was reported that a plane carrying Russian all-around flight champion Yevgeny Bezsmertny crashed near Moscow. He was flying his Yak-52 aircraft with a passenger on board for a training flight, during which he was practising aerobatics in preparation for a competition.

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