At Least One Russia Plane Crashes Close to Ukraine BorderPublished 4 hours in the past

At the very least one helicopter crashed on Saturday in a southern Russian area bordering Ukraine, native authorities mentioned, with one official saying Moscow has misplaced 4 plane.

In a terse assertion on messaging app Telegram, Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of the Bryansk area in southern Russia, mentioned a helicopter crashed within the city of Klintsy.

He didn’t say what occurred to the crew however added {that a} lady suffered accidents and was hospitalised.

“5 homes have been broken,” he mentioned, with out elaborating on the rationale behind the crash.

However in a conflicting assertion, Vladimir Rogov, a Moscow-installed official within the Russian-controlled a part of Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, mentioned that 4 Russian plane had been shot out of the sky: two MI-8 helicopters, an SU-35 fighter jet and an SU-34 fighter bomber.

He mentioned that the crew of the helicopters and the SU-34 had died.

He didn’t present additional particulars.

Footage of a number of Russian plane crashing within the area of Bryansk has been circulating on Russian social media. One video exhibits a helicopter apparently being hit and catching fireplace.

There was no speedy remark from the Russian defence ministry.

“Russians are very upset at the moment,” Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk mentioned on social media.

“We are able to perceive them: minus two fighter jets and minus two helicopters.”

Western allies have delivered more and more highly effective weapons to Ukraine, and Britain this week introduced it will ship Storm Shadow missiles, changing into the primary nation to ship longer-range arms to Kyiv.

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