A Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Kaliningrad region on Wednesday, the Russian news agency Interfax reported, citing the Defence Ministry, according to Reuters reporting carried by Devdiscourse.
Source: Reuters via Devdiscourse / Interfax
The ministry said the crash occurred during a training flight and did not specify the cause. The crew ejected and there were no casualties, the ministry said.
Anadolu Agency reported the same ministry account, carried by Inshorts: both pilots ejected before the aircraft went down, were recovered by a ground search-and-rescue team, and the ministry said there was no threat to the pilots' lives. The cause of the crash has not been revealed yet, Anadolu said.
Source: Anadolu Agency via Inshorts
The Defence Ministry said the aircraft did not carry ammunition and crashed in an uninhabited area, Azernews reported, citing the ministry's statement on Wednesday.
Confirmed by the Defence Ministry via Interfax and Anadolu: a Su-30 on a training flight crashed in Kaliningrad, the crew ejected, the jet carried no ammunition and came down in an uninhabited area. Some Telegram channels and Russian media reports, not confirmed by the ministry, said the pilots were injured and taken to hospital and put the crash site in the Chernyakhovsk district. The cause remains undisclosed.
Kaliningrad is Russia's Baltic exclave, wedged between Poland and Lithuania, and hosts a heavy Russian military presence, including naval and air units. Training accidents there draw close attention from NATO neighbours, though there was no indication in Wednesday's reports of any link to combat operations in Ukraine.
The Su-30SM is a two-seat multirole fighter flown by the Russian air force and naval aviation. An investigation into the crash is expected, but the ministry gave no timeline for its findings.