Military aircraft crashes into multi-storey building in Russian city of Yeysk, near Ukraine

This was reported by Russian state media and Telegram channels.

A Russian fighter aircraft has crashed into a 9-storey residential building in the southern Russian city of Yeysk on the coast of the Sea of Azov, near Ukraine.

As a result, an explosion occurred, the building caught fire, and blasts were heard.

“Su-34 aircraft crashed while performing a training flight," Russia’s defense ministry said in a statement.

The photos on social media showed the pilot ejecting from the aircraft. The information about casualties is being established.