A Russian military plane crashed off the coast of Crimea on Thursday. The pilot had time to eject from the aircraft, according to the rudder of the plane.
It is currently unknown what caused the accident. Accidents involving military aircraft suffering from technical problems are relatively common in Russia. A crash “due to the fire of one of the engines during takeoff of the aircraft’ was reported on March 12. On January 24, a Russian plane crashed in the Belgorod region. Russia claimed he was transporting 65 Ukrainian prisoners and accused kyiv of shooting him down.