13 Killed in Russian Fighter Jet Crash Into Residential Building - The Moscow Times

Updates with caller casualty figures.

A subject craft crashed Monday into a residential gathering successful the confederate larboard municipality of Yeysk successful Russia's Krasnodar region, Interfax quality agency reported citing section officials.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said a Su-34 combatant pitchy crashed aft taking disconnected from a section airfield for a grooming flight, the state-run RIA Novosti reported. 

Thirteen radical were killed and 19 injured, according to a Health Ministry officials cited Tuesday by quality bureau Interfax.

Footage posted connected societal media showed a multi-story flat gathering engulfed successful flames arsenic further explosions took place. 

The Defense Ministry said that the pilots had some ejected safely, and 1 video circulating connected societal media what appeared to beryllium pilot, lying connected the crushed adjacent the burning building, live but seemingly injured. 

Russia's Investigative Committee, which looks into superior crimes, said it had opened a transgression probe into the crash.

Since the opening of the Ukraine offensive, the airspace astir the southbound of Russia has been closed.

AFP contributed reporting.