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At 18.25:9 p.m. local time, an air crash occurred in the city of Yeysk in the Krasnodar Territory. A Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed into a nine-story residential building.

Killed 16 people — including a six-year-old girl who died in a Krasnodar hospital four months later. Forty-three were injured.

It was the eighth month of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Fierce fighting was taking place 200 km as the crow flies from Yeysk. BakhmutMariupol is located 60 kilometers from the city. Yeysk has a joint airport used for training naval aviation pilots, but nothing was known about the Su-34 in service with the Navy. However, journalists later claimed that the training complex was also used for training other military pilots.

The crash, according to the Ministry of Defense, occurred during a training flight. Less than three minutes after takeoff, the plane began to fall. According to one theory, it was caused by an engine fire. The pilots ejected. The plane crashed into a residential building. Ignited fuel ignited part of the building, engulfing an area of ​​2000 square meters.

The Investigative Committee cited aircraft malfunction as the primary cause of the emergency. Part of the building had to be demolished; authorities had promised to build new entrances on the site by November 2023. Residents of the damaged building spoke to NeMoskva about their experiences in the 100 days since the tragedy. material "Why are we worse than refugees from Kherson?":

They could have at least just said: “Well, this situation happened, sorry…”