On the afternoon of March 28, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet crashed near occupied Sevastopol. confirmed Mykhailo Razvozhaev, the head of the occupation authorities of the city.
“A military plane fell into the sea… Civilian objects were not damaged. The pilot ejected. He was picked up by rescuers of the Sevastopol rescue service at a distance of 200 meters from the shore. His life is not in danger,” the message states.
According to preliminary data, the plane could have been mistakenly shot down by Russian air defense, write anonymous Telegram channel of the Cheka-OGPU.
Officially, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation did not comment on the information about the downed plane.
Since August 2022, the sounds of explosions have been heard almost every day in Crimea. In an interview with Radio Liberty in August 2023, the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense, Kyrylo Budanov, stated the ability of Ukrainian forces to reach any point in occupied Crimea to defeat the enemy. According to him, there are many different options for the de-occupation of Crimea, but “it is impossible without military, combat operations.”