“The Russians Shot Down Their Own Plane”. A Russian Military Aircraft Crashed in Crimea. Images

The pilot ejected safely and was rescued from the sea 200 meters from shore. In addition, the incident did not result in civilian damage, the Russian official said. He did not specify the type of military plane or the causes of the incident.

Earlier, Russian Telegram pages shared pages showing the crash of an Su-35 fighter jet near Sevastopol, stating that the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon.

According to the Crimean Wind Telegram channel, picked up by the Ukrainian publication The Kyiv Independent, the plane was accidentally shot down by Russian anti-aircraft after taking off from the Belbek military airfield.

The French publication La Voix Du Nord also evokes an incident caused by an “overzeal” of the Russians in the context of the increase in Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean peninsula.

Ukraine has not yet reacted to the incident off the coast of Sevastopol, the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. This city was annexed by Russia in March 2014 along with the entire Crimean peninsula, which Ukraine aimed to liberate after launching full-scale war against it on 24 February 2022.

The Russian Air Force has lost more than ten fighter jets since the beginning of this year, including Su-34 bombers, Su-35 fighter jets and Beriev A-50 radar planes. The Oryx website, which openly confirms battlefield losses in Ukraine, states that Russia has lost 106 military aircraft since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, including only seven Su-35s. The Russian Air Force had 97 aircraft of this type as of February 24, 2022.

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