On Thursday morning, a Russian Su-25 fighter jet crashed in the Belgorod region. Russianear the border with Ukraineaccording to local authorities.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the pilot of the plane died.

According to the Russian news agency TASS, citing the Russian Defense Ministry, the downing of the plane is attributed to a “technical malfunction.”

The plane crashed in a non-residential area, there are no reports of other damage.

Earlier, in a Telegram message, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that emergency services and investigators were at the crash site of the plane, not far from the city of Valyuki.

Belgorod, which borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, has been hit repeatedly since the Russian invasion began a year ago.

^{According to REUTERS}