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Russian warplane crashes near apartment building, killing 13

Author

James Bradley

Published Jan 16, 2026

MOSCOW — A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a neighborhood in a Russian city on the Ocean of Azov in the wake of enduring motor disappointment, leaving no less than 13 individuals dead, three of whom died when they hopped from upper floors of a nine-story apartment complex to get away from a huge burst.

A Su-34 plane descended in the port city of Yeysk after one of its motors burst into flames during departure for a preparation mission, the Russian Protection Service said. It said both team individuals rescued securely, however the plane collided with a local location, causing a fire as lots of fuel detonated on influence.

Night-time of sifting through the scorched garbage of the structure, specialists said 13 inhabitants, including three youngsters, were viewed as dead. One more 19 were hospitalized with wounds.

Bad habit legislative head of the locale, Anna Menkova, expressed three of the four casualties died when they hopped from the upper floors of the structure in a frantic endeavor to get away from the blazes, as per the RIA-Novosti news organization.

The specialists saved trauma centers at nearby emergency clinics and mixed clinical airplane. More than 500 occupants were emptied and given brief facilities.

The Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin was educated about the accident and dispatched the pastors of wellbeing and crises alongside the nearby lead representative to the site. Yeysk, a city of 90,000, is home to a big Russian air base.

Observation cam recordings posted on Russian informing application channels showed a plane detonating in a goliath fireball. Different recordings showed a high rise overwhelmed by flares and uproarious bangs from the clear explosion of the warplane’s weapons.

Russian warplane crashes near apartment building, killing 13

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The Su-34 is a supersonic twin-motor plane furnished with refined sensors and weapons that has been a key strike part of the Russian flying corps. The airplane has seen wide use during the conflict in Syria and the battling in Ukraine.

Monday’s mishap marked the tenth detailed non-battle crash of a Russian warplane since Moscow sent its soldiers into Ukraine on Feb. 24. Military specialists have noticed that as the quantity of Russian military flights expanded pointedly during the battling, so did the accidents.