Russian Su-30 Fighter Jet Crashes In Crimea

The incident was acknowledged by the Russian Defense Ministry.

A Russian Su-30 fighter jet has crashed in temporarily occupied Crimea. The incident was acknowledged by the Russian Defense Ministry, writes "Focus".

According to the Russian command, the Su-30 crashed during a training flight. The crew ejected: two pilots were rescued, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a commentary to the Russian media. It is specified that the incident occurred at 11 o'clock on April 3.

The Russian Defense Ministry told reporters that a training flight without a combat kit was taking place. When the threat arose, the crew (pilot and weapons operator) ejected and they have already been found. According to unnamed representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry, the servicemen are alive and are not in any danger. No information was given about the causes and the location of the Su-20 incident.

Su-30 crash - details of events in Crimea on April 3

In the meantime, a representative of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea, Mikhail Razvozhayev, published a message in Telegram at 10 a.m. on April 3, in which he warned of "preventive measures" in the Sevastopol area from morning until 11 p.m. The purpose of the preventive measures is to prepare for the repulsion of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea. The purpose of the preventive measures is to prepare to repel the attack of "PDSZ" detachments (probably, we are talking about underwater sabotage forces and means). The official specified that it is a naval exercise, which will be practiced in the use of various types of weapons, including - grenade launchers and rocket bombs. It is not yet clear whether the Russian navy was involved in the downing of the Russian Su-30 warplane.

It should be noted that the downing of the Su-30 is the third loss of Russian aircraft in the last week. The previous incident occurred on March 31.

At about the same time, between 21 and 23 hours, two Russian Armed Forces aircraft crashes became known. First, Z-blogger and aviation navigator of the Russian Armed Forces Ilya Tumanov in the Telegram-channel Flightbomber wrote about the fall of a Su-34 fighter jet: the place of the fall is not specified. Two hours later there was new information - crashed military transport plane An-26 in the Crimea. The Defense Ministry said that the plane crashed into a rock in the Bakhchisaray district.

A day later, the governor of the Murmansk region said that the plane was carrying representatives of the Russian Northern Fleet: an online investigation showed that they could have been paratroopers from Russian units that have been fighting in Ukraine since 2014. On 2 April, sources of the BBC Russian Service media reported that a top officer of the Russian Northern Fleet was on board the An-26.

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