Russian Air Force Su-27/30/35 Crash

A Russian Air Force Su-30 crashed in an unpopulated area of Kaliningrad Oblast during a training flight. Russian authorities said the aircraft was carrying no ammunition, that both crew members were killed and that a technical malfunction was the preliminary explanation. No casualties or damage on the ground were reported. It was the first of two fatal Russian military training accidents within three days. Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania, holds a concentrated air and air-defence garrison, and its aircraft operate in some of the most closely monitored airspace in Europe.