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The plane crashed in the country’s Volgograd region during a scheduled training flight.
The crew ejected from the plane, which crashed in an uninhabited area, state news agencies RIA Novosti and Tass reported. The preliminary cause of the crash was described by the agencies as a technical failure.
Photos widely circulated online on Saturday appear to show the scene of the crash. The footage shows a large burnt area and smoke.
Russia has been using its Su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers extensively in operations against Ukrainian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Even away from the front line, Moscow’s aircraft suffer significant non-combat losses, many of which are attributed to technical failures by Russian authorities and the media.
In mid-June, a Russian Su-34 jet crashed into a mountain in an “uninhabited area” during a training flight in North Ossetia-Alania, a small republic bordering Sakartvel, Kremlin-backed media reported at the time. Two crew members on the plane died due to a “technical failure”, RIA Novosti said.
in 2023 in September, a Su-34 crashed during a training flight in Russia’s Voronezh region, which borders Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region. Moscow said two crew members managed to eject before the plane crashed, and attributed the accident to a “technical fault”.
in 2022 In October, Russian authorities said 15 people were killed when a Su-34 jet crashed into a residential building in Yeisk, a city in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, across the Sea of Azov from Russian-controlled southern Ukraine. Russian state media, citing national security agencies, said at the time that two seagulls were sucked into the plane’s engines during takeoff, and one of the engines caught fire.
From 2022 In February, several more Russian aircraft crashed. in 2023 In August, a Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Kaliningrad exclave, in an uninhabited area, killing both crew members, a Russian military spokesman told the Tass agency. Moscow authorities attributed the accident to a technical failure.
in 2022 In October, a Su-30 plane crashed into a house in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing both crew members, according to Newsweek.
According to the Kyiv Post, the Su-34 is priced at around $36 million, making it one of Russia’s most expensive fighter jets.
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