MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian Su-25 fighter-bomber crashed into the Sea of Azov near the town of Yeysk on Monday but the pilot ejected successfully, local officials said in a statement on social media.
Unverified videos shared on social media appeared to show a parachute descending over the sea near a beach, and a large splash in the water. Yeysk lies across the Sea of Azov from the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
The officials from Russia’s Krasnodar region said the pilot had been rescued from the water.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Writing by Caleb Davis; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
