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Russia says Ukrainian light aircraft ‘crashed’ in border region, pilot detained

Russia says Ukrainian light aircraft 'crashed' in border region, pilot detained
Source: Mash

Russia’s FSB security service said Wednesday it detained a pilot of a Ukrainian light aircraft that crashed in the southern Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, Russian state media said.

“The aircraft, for unknown reasons, crashed near the settlement of Butovsk in Bryansk region. The pilot (a citizen of Ukraine), who tried to escape to Ukrainian territory, was detained by a border patrol,” the FSB was quoted as saying by state news agency RIA Novosti.

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