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title: "Russian fighter jet crashes in Kaliningrad region, two pilots killed"
url: https://moldova1.md/p/14490/russian-fighter-jet-crashes-in-kaliningrad-region-two-pilots-killed
published: 2023-08-12T15:16:00Z
language: en
section: "International"
source: moldova1.md
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# Russian fighter jet crashes in Kaliningrad region, two pilots killed

> A Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight on Saturday in Russia’s Kaliningrad region, killing the two pilots on board, RIA news agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying.

A Su-30 fighter jet crashed during a training flight on Saturday in Russia’s Kaliningrad region, killing the two pilots on board, RIA news agency quoted the Defence Ministry as saying.

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“The Su-30 aircraft crashed in a deserted area. The flight was being carried out without ammunition. The crew of the aircraft died,” the ministry said in a statement cited by RIA.

It said the likely cause of the crash was a technical malfunction but gave no further information.

Kaliningrad is a Russian exclave sandwiched between Poland and Lithuania, both NATO member states, on the Baltic Sea.