🔥 Gündem Su-57 Stealth Fighter Jet Crashes in Moscow

On July 23, 2026, a Russian Su-57 fifth-generation stealth fighter jet crashed during a training flight in the Moscow Oblast region ²³⁵. The incident occurred near the town of Lutsino, in the Odintsovo urban district ⁶.

The pilot successfully ejected from the aircraft and no casualties or damage to third parties were reported on the ground ¹⁵⁶. While the Russian Defense Ministry confirmed the crash, initially citing a "technical malfunction" ⁸¹⁰, some reports from Russian state media identified the crashed aircraft as an Su-57 ²⁴. The exact circumstances of the crash are still under investigation, and official verification that the aircraft was indeed an Su-57 has been sought by some sources ⁹. There were also unconfirmed local reports suggesting a "friendly fire incident" involving surface-to-air missile fire, though this has not been officially corroborated ¹⁰.