A Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Volgograd region on the Volga River, according to the German news website n-tv.de.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has said that there were no weapons on board the aircraft and that the crash occurred in an unpopulated area. Information about the fate of the two pilots was not provided. The Su-24, an aircraft developed during the Soviet era, is designed to engage ground targets. Both in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and on the side of Ukraine, this type of aircraft is used.
This information comes from a party to the conflict and has not yet been independently verified / confirmed. For this reason, the report must be evaluated with reservations. In war, it can be advantageous for parties to make false statements about the course of the conflict in order to strengthen their own position or weaken the position of the opponent.
Image: kremlin.ru, Vladimir Putin September 5, 2022, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (image size modified)
