-Su-30 Plane crashes in residential area of Siberian city
DM Monitoring
MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his French counterpart in a telephone call on Sunday that the situation in Ukraine was rapidly deteriorating and trending towards “uncontrolled escalation”.
In a phone call with French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu published by the Russian side, Shoigu said Moscow had concerns Ukraine could use a “dirty bomb” in the conflict, without providing evidence to support the suggestion that Ukraine might use such a weapeon.
“They discussed the situation in Ukraine which is rapidly deteriorating,” the defence ministry said in a readout of the call. “It is trending towards further uncontrolled escalation.” The Defence Ministry did not provide any further information on its statement.
Earlier, a Su-30 fighter jet crashed in a residential area in the city of Irkutsk during a trial flight, the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry told Russian State Media on Sunday.
“A Su-30 plane crashed during a trial flight. The plane fell within city limits, in the area of single-family homes,” the ministry said.
Two pilots were killed when a Su-30 plane crashed in a residential area in the Siberian city of Irkutsk during a trial flight. “Two pilots have been killed. There are no casualties among civilians. The fire on the ground has been contained,” the ministry said Sunday.
The number of people wounded in the shelling by the Ukrainian armed forces on the town of Shebekino, Belgorod Region, has risen to 12, while two civilians were killed, Vladimir Ikonnikov, health minister of the Belgorod Region, wrote on hos Telegram channel on Saturday.
“Today, as a result of the shelling of the town of Shebekino, 14 people were affected. Sadly, two of them had died before ambulances arrived. They are a man and a 14-year-old child,” he wrote. He added that five people were hospitalized, four of them are in critical condition.
Earlier, Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that nearly 15,000 people were cut off from energy supplies after the shelling and a fire broke out at civilian facilities. Gladkov said that the fire had already been extinguished, and energy workers also reported that power supplies had been restored to all consumers.
