A video posted on social media shows a Russian Su-25 plane crashing shortly after takeoff, presumably in Crimea.

The Russian Su-25 crashed a few seconds after takeoffPhoto: video shooting

Although the first information says that an attack aircraft fell on the peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, the administrators of the Ukraine Weapons Tracker page note that the date of the fall and its location have not yet been determined. The international community has never recognized the annexation of Crimea, and Ukraine still considers it part of its territory.

One such plane also crashed in Russia in June, with Russian authorities at the time blaming a technical fault for the crash. The pilot died in this accident, as it probably happened after the new disaster.

Although the footage did not fully capture the moment, it appears the pilot did not have time to eject from the plane, which fell from a low altitude.

According to the latest figures released early Monday, the Ukrainian military says Russia has lost 243 planes and 213 helicopters since the invasion began on February 24.

Russian aircraft use civilian GPS systems

Entered into service with the Soviet Air Force in 1978, more than 1,000 Su-25s had been produced by 2017, and they have participated in virtually every conflict Russia has been involved in over the past half century, from the invasion of Afghanistan to Ukraine.

The Air Force of Ukraine also uses this attack aircraft, designed to support ground forces, as evidenced by several videos that have appeared on social networks in recent months.

But perhaps the most famous shot taken since the beginning of the war with the Su-25 remains the one that was distributed by the Moscow Air Force for propaganda purposes at the end of May.

Those who edited the footage before publication blurred the part of the cockpit to the left of the pilot in several shots, but forgot to cover that area in another shot.

The blurred image shows pilots of the Su-25SM3, an upgraded version of the attack aircraft, using a civilian GPS device. The device in question, a Garmin brand, costs about $550 in the US.

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