MOSCOW – A Russian MiG-31 interceptor aircraft crashed in the Primorsky Region in the Far East while the crew ejected itself, TASS news agency quoted the press office of Russia’s Eastern Military District as saying.
“On December 2, a MiG-31 aircraft crashed during a routine training flight. The crew ejected itself,” the press office said in a statement. “The aircraft conducted its flight without an ammunition load. It crashed in a desolate place, and there was no destruction on the ground.
Earlier on November 29, there were reports of a Mig-31 fighter armed with a Kinzhal hypersonic missile taking off from Belarus, triggering panic in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian authorities were reportedly spooked by the information emanating from a Belarusian Telegram channel. Furthermore, several Ukraine-based journalists began sharing information from Belarusian sources.
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