The incident occurred in the mountainous area of North Caucasus
A Russian Su-34 supersonic bomber has crashed in the country’s mountainous North Ossetia-Alania region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday morning. Both pilots have been killed. The jet was flying a routine training mission.
Preliminary assessment suggests that the aircraft has suffered a technical failure, the MOD said, as quoted by the TASS news agency.
North Ossetia is located in the North Caucasus, bordering South Ossetia and Georgia from the south.
The twin-seat plane is capable of striking ground targets with high-precision bombs and missiles. Russian Su-34s have flown multiple combat missions in Syria and Ukraine.
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