Ukrainian plane crash in Russian border area, Russian soldiers detained pilot
A plane from Ukraine crashed in the Bryansk area of Russia late on Wednesday night. This area is 25 kilometers away from the Russia-Ukraine border. This information was given by the Federal Security Service Border Guard (FSB). However, it was not informed whether the plane belonged to the military or was a civilian plane. According to the Russian Times report, the pilot’s life was saved. He is taken into custody by the FSB. The reason for the crash of the plane could not be ascertained.
The Russian Federal Security Service claims to have detained a Ukrainian pilot after his light aircraft allegedly crashed near the town of Butovsk in Russia’s southwestern Bryansk region on Wednesday.
“On April 5, 2023, members of Russia’s FSB Border Service department for the Bryansk Region recorded a violation of the state border from Ukraine into the Russian Federation by a Ukrainian light-engine aircraft,” the FSB said in a statement reported by Russian state news agency TASS. “For unknown reasons, the plane crashed near Butovsk in the Bryansk Region. The pilot (a Ukrainian national), who was trying to flee into Ukrainian territory was apprehended by a border patrol.”
A Ukrainian light-engine plane crashed in the Bryansk Region, according to the FSB Border Guard Service.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) April 5, 2023
Propagandists published, allegedly, a photo of a Ukrainian pilot detained by the border guard unit in the Bryansk Region. pic.twitter.com/weucFvruv3
Some suspected Ukrainian drones have flown within 60 miles of Moscow, which has raised alarm bells inside Russia about securing the borders of the country. Other drones have recently been spotted in Russia’s Belgorod region. Some Russian analysts have suggested Ukraine might be preparing for a broader attack.
Other concerns have been raised about Russia’s ability to defend itself in recent weeks in Belarus, where Moscow has been conducting joint trainings with Belarus’ military. Just last month, opposition forces within Belarus attacked a Russian spy plane in an attempt to hamper Russia’s staging efforts. An opposition politician told The Daily Beast at the time that more attacks would come.
“We hope that this is not the last attack, that there are many other plans of our partisans,” said Franak Viacorka, the chief political adviser to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. “We will be looking forward.”
