According to government reports, a Russian SU-34 bomber crashed during a training flight in the Caucasus.
The Crew killed,Russian news agencies quote the Defense Ministry as saying. The reason for the crash was probably a technical difficulties The crash occurred in the Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania It was initially unclear how many people were on board.
Reconstruction Conference in Berlin
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj is in Berlin for the International Reconstruction Conference which he will open together with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz. He plans to hold talks with Scholz about Defence, air defence and weapons production,as well as a speech in the German Bundestag. This is his third visit to Berlin since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
Further meetings with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Bundestag President Bärbel Bas are planned, as well as a visit to a military base. The conference, which is not a donor conference, aims to Networking of actors from politics, business and international organizations.
Germany is now the second largest supporter of Ukraine after the USA. A study by the Kyiv School of Economics puts the Damage caused by Russian attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure 56.2 billion US dollars.