China News Agency, Moscow, October 17 (Reporter Tian Bing) The latest news from the Rescue and Disaster Relief Command of the Krasnodar Krai region of Russia on the 17th said that the Su-34 heavy fighter-bomber crashed in the city of Yeysk in the region. The number of victims increased to 4 and the injured to 25.

　　The Krasnodar Territory General Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported earlier on the 17th that a Russian Su-34 heavy fighter-bomber crashed in the city of Yeysk in the territory, killing 3 people and injuring 15 others.

The fighter plane crashed in the courtyard of a local residential area and caused a fire. The fire spread to the nearest high-rise residential building with an area of ​​2,000 square meters. 100 residents in the building have been evacuated.

　　It is reported that experts from the burn department and the air rescue team in Krasnodar, the capital of the region, have started rescue work.

At present, the fire has been extinguished, rescue and firefighters are working on each floor of the building, and the precautionary evacuation of residents of nearby residential buildings has been cancelled.

　　The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the 17th that a Su-34 fighter-bomber that took off from the military airfield of the southern Russian military district crashed in the city of Yeysk during the climbing phase during a flight training mission.

Pilots who escaped by parachuting reported that the cause of the crash was an engine that caught fire during the climb.

The jet's fuel detonated after it crashed in a residential compound.

　　According to the Kremlin's website on the 17th, Russian President Vladimir Putin listened to the reports of the heads of the Krasnodar Territory, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Health, and asked them to rush to the scene of the accident to direct rescue work and provide the injured with all necessary Rescue.

　　The Su-34 is one of the advanced fighter jets currently in service in the Russian army. It has high mobility, all-weather, supersonic performance, etc. It can launch air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles and other weapons. Task.

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