A Russian pilot dies after his fighter plane crashes in Belgorod, on the border with Ukraine

A pilot of the Russian Aerospace Force has died this Thursday after crashing his plane, an Su-25 combat model, in the Russian region of belgorodnear the border with Ukraine, when he was returning from a military mission. The Ministry of Defense has reported that the causes are not yet known of the accident

“After completing a combat mission and during his return to the airfield in the Belgorod region, an Su-25 plane of the Russian Aerospace Force crashed. The pilot died,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

According to Defense, “the plane fell in a deserted area, there is no damage” to the civil infrastructure. The pilot died later, because he was still alive when the emergency services arrived.

In an article on the Telegram messaging app, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said emergency services and investigators were on the scene near the town of Valuyki, and the causes were being investigated at the scene of the crashes. facts. “According to previous data, the reason for the accident was a technical failure“, added later the Ministry of Defense

The Belgorod region, which borders the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, has been the subject of repeated attacks since the beginning of the invasion on a large scale from Ukraine by Russia a year ago.