Russian Air Force Pilot Killed in Plane Crash Near Ukraine Border

"A Russian pilot was killed on Thursday when a military plane crashed in the southern region
of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry has announced.   

“After completing a combat mission, a Su-25 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed while returning to its base in the Belgorod region. The pilot died," the ministry said in a statement cited by Russia’s state-run Interfax news agency.  

The plane crashed in the village of Orekhovo some 20 kilometers from the border with Ukraine." MT