Russian Defense Ministry plane crashes in Belgorod region

This was reported by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.

"A Defense Ministry plane has crashed in Valuisk urban district. An investigative team and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are currently working at the scene," he wrote and added that the cause of the crash is being investigated.

This area of the Russian Federation is close to the border with the Kharkiv region. It is from there the enemy is shelling Ukraine.

Russian media reported that it was a Su-25.

The attack aircraft crashed into a building with hay, causing a fire.

According to preliminary information, the pilot survived and managed to eject.

Later it became known that the pilot had died.

At the same time, propagandists report no damage on the ground: "the plane crashed in a deserted area".

The cause of the crash was a technical malfunction, according to one of the Russian departments.

Russian publics spread photos of the crash aftermath and inform that it was a Su-25.

They write that the stormtrooper crashed into a building with hay, a fire broke out, and the building burned down. The pilot survived and managed to eject.

• On February 4, a fire broke out at an industrial enterprise servicing the Crimean Bridge in Borisovka, Belgorod region, Russia, as a result of shelling.

• On February 14, a large fire broke out in Moscow near the Research Institute of Precision Instruments, which designs equipment for missile armament for ships and aircraft.