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Russian Su-25 crashes during training flight in Far East, Russia's Defense Ministry says

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Russian Su-25 crashes during training flight in Far East, Russia's Defense Ministry says
A Russian Air Force officer poses for a photo on a Sukhoi Su-25 jet during the MAKS-2021 International Aviation and Space Salon on July 21, 2021, outside Moscow, Russia. (Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images)

A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft crashed during a routine training flight in Primorye Krai in Russia's Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry said on March 24.

The pilot successfully ejected and was rescued by a search and rescue team, according to state-owned news agency TASS. A Russian Air Force commission has been dispatched to investigate the incident.

"According to preliminary information, the cause of the accident was a technical malfunction," the ministry said in a statement.

The attack aircraft was reportedly without ammunition, so there was no damage on the ground, the report said.

The Su-25, a Soviet-designed close-air support aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late 1970s, is built for battlefield survivability. It features heavy armor and can withstand enemy fire.

The aircraft has been widely used in various conflicts, including in Afghanistan, Chechnya, and, more recently, in Ukraine, where both Russian and Ukrainian forces operate the platform.

Ukraine has downed multiple Russian Su-25s throughout the war. On Feb. 8, Ukraine's military reported shooting down a Russian Su-25 near the town of Toretsk in Donetsk Oblast.

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Tim Zadorozhnyy is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent covering foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, and political developments across Europe and Russia. He studied International Relations and European Studies at Lazarski University and Coventry University. Tim began his journalism career in Odesa in 2022 as a reporter for a local television channel. He later spent a year and a half at the Belarusian independent media outlet NEXTA, first as a news anchor and later as a managing editor. He is fluent in English, Ukrainian, and Russian.

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