MOSCOW—The Russian military says that one of its combat jets has crashed in the far east, killing both crewmembers.
Air force spokesman Colonel Vladimir Drik said in a statement carried by Russian newswires that the Su-24 bomber crashed Thursday while making an approach to land at the air base in Ukrainka in the Amur region near the border with China.
He said both crewmembers died in the crash.
Russia’s main investigative agency has opened a probe into the crash, the cause of which wasn’t immediately known.
The twin-engined Su-24 has been an important component of the Soviet and then Russian air force since the 1970s.
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