A Russian Air Force Su-30 fighter aircraft crashed in the Tver region during a routine training flight on September 22, the Russian armed forces confirmed.
The press service added that the pilots managed to eject and that the aircraft landed in a wooded area, with no damages to objects on the ground.
Shortly after the confirmation of the accident, a Russian military information channel on the encrypted network Telegram said the Su-30 had actually been shot down by a Su-35 aircraft during a "dog fight" maneuver. The channel explained that the Su-35 had its missiles removed ahead of the exercise, but the aircraft's cannons had accidentally remained loaded.