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Daily Mail
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Putin warplane crashes after wing falls off during bombing raid
Dramatic footage has caught the extraordinary moment the wing of a £15million Russian warplane fell off in the middle of a Ukraine attack mission. The attack jet crashed after flying in a pair over Ukraine's Donetsk region, with the pilot miraculously cheating death by ejecting before his aircraft fell to the ground. The doomed Su-25 warplane is seen on the video turning and falling out of the sky, crashing into a field. At first it appeared it had been shot down, with Ukrainian media claiming it had possibly been the victim of 'friendly fire' by an unguided missile from its partner plane. The footage shows heat trap flares and possible missiles from the Su-25s. Yet experts on both sides now believe downing near Soledar had a different cause, related to Vladimir Putin 's use of war planes that are 40 years old - or even more antiquated. While there are flames and white smoke as it gets into trouble, there is no explosion, which would be expected if there was a direct missile hit. The right wing is seen falling from the stricken aircraft - and the pilot's parachute is visible after ejecting. The pilot was reportedly rescued by Russian ground forces while under fire from Ukrainian drones. An Mi-8 helicopter then arrived at the crash site and evacuated him. 'The pilot is in the hospital with a broken arm,' reported a Russian Telegram channel. 'A commission will investigate what went wrong and determine who is to blame.' The same source says that 'destruction of the wing' was the cause. Officially, Ukraine has not claimed to have shot down the plane, nor taunted Russia over another friendly fire incident. The visible 'missiles' may be unignited heat trap flares designed to distract heat-seeking missiles away from the aircraft's engines, according to some sources. Ukraine's Military media outlet ruled out both friendly fire and an exploding missile on the distressed aircraft. 'The third possible reason is a defect in the aircraft's power structure that arose due to prolonged intensive use of the aircraft in combat operations or a manufacturing defect,' said the channel. 'This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the wing broke off at the moment of the turn, when it is subjected to the greatest loads.
Daily Mail
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Dramatic moment wing falls off ageing £15m Putin warplane in middle of Ukraine attack mission - as amazingly pilot survives
Dramatic footage has caught the extraordinary moment the wing of a £15million Russian warplane fell off in the middle of a Ukraine attack mission. The attack jet crashed after flying in a pair over Ukraine's Donetsk region, with the pilot miraculously cheating death by ejecting before his aircraft fell to the ground. The doomed Su-25 warplane is seen on the video turning and falling out of the sky, crashing into a field. At first it appeared it had been shot down, with Ukrainian media claiming it had possibly been the victim of 'friendly fire' by an unguided missile from its partner plane. The footage shows heat trap flares and possible missiles from the Su-25s. Yet experts on both sides now believe downing near Soledar had a different cause, related to Vladimir Putin 's use of war planes that are 40 year old - or even more antiquated. While there are flames and white smoke as it gets into trouble, there is no explosion, which would be expected if there was a direct missile hit. The right wing is seen falling from the stricken aircraft - and the pilot's parachute is visible after ejecting. The pilot was reportedly rescued by Russian ground forces while under fire from Ukrainian drones. An Mi-8 helicopter then arrived at the crash site and evacuated him. 'The pilot is in the hospital with a broken arm,' reported a Russian Telegram channel. 'A commission will investigate what went wrong and determine who is to blame.' The same source says that 'destruction of the wing' was the cause. Officially, Ukraine has not claimed to have shot down the plane, nor taunted Russia over another friendly fire incident. The visible 'missiles' may be unignited heat trap flares designed to distract heat-seeking missiles away from the aircraft's engines, according to some sources. Ukraine's Militarny media outlet ruled out both friendly fire and an exploding missile on the distressed aircraft. 'The third possible reason is a defect in the aircraft's power structure that arose due to prolonged intensive use of the aircraft in combat operations or a manufacturing defect,' said the channel. 'This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the wing broke off at the moment of the turn, when it is subjected to the greatest loads. 'Another indirect confirmation may be that the operation of Russian attack aircraft, whose average age reaches 40 years, is associated with a significant number of emergency situations.' The theory was backed by Ukrainian war analyst Yury Butusov, who said: 'At first it seems that it was shot down by its own pilot, the pilot of another aircraft. 'However, when viewed in slow motion, one can conclude that the Su-25's wing failed due to excessive overload and exhaustion of the attack aircraft's resources.' The Su-25 is a Soviet-designed close-air support aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late 1970s.
The Sun
14-06-2025
- Politics
- The Sun
Watch moment Russian fighter jet crashes after WING fell off during air raid mission on Ukraine
THIS is the dramatic moment a wing falls off a £15 million Russian warplane during a frontline mission over Ukraine's Donetsk region. The pilot miraculously cheated death by ejecting before the Su-25 aircraft came tumbling to the ground. 3 In the shocking video, the doomed warplane is seen spinning as it falls out of the sky above the Ukrainian city of Soledar. The Russian aircraft's right wing is seen detached from the warplane, which bursts into flames and crashes into a field. A fighter pilot is also visible, held up by a parachute. It was initially assumed the Su-25 had been shot down. Ukrainian media claimed the aircraft may have been downed by 'friendly fire' - an unguided missile from its partner plane. Others suggested the cause may have been heat trap flares and possible missiles from the Su-25. But given that there appears to be no giant explosion, which would be expected in the instance of a direct missile hit, experts on both sides now have a different theory. Russia's Su-25 fleet is outdated - averaging over 40 years old - and have experienced multiple technical failures in the past, as reported by the Kyiv Post. The pilot was reportedly rescued by Russian forces on the ground while under fire from Ukrainian drones. An Mi-8 helicopter arrived at the crash site and evacuated him. Night of hell for Ukraine as Putin launches 315 drones in one of biggest strikes of war sparking huge inferno in Kyiv Russian Telegram channel Fighterbomber cited 'destruction of the wing' as the cause of the crash. "The pilot is in the hospital with a broken arm," the channel wrote. It added: 'A commission will investigate what went wrong and determine who is to blame.' Ukraine has not released an official statement about this incident. The visible 'missiles' may be unignited heat trap flares designed to distract heat-seeking missiles away from the aircraft's engines, according to some sources. Ukraine's Militarniy media outlet ruled out the possibilities of friendly fire and an exploding missile. The channel said: 'The third possible reason is a defect in the aircraft's power structure that arose due to prolonged intensive use of the aircraft in combat operations or a manufacturing defect. 'This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the wing broke off at the moment of the turn, when it is subjected to the greatest loads. 'Another indirect confirmation may be that the operation of Russian attack aircraft, whose average age reaches 40 years, is associated with a significant number of emergency situations.' Ukrainian war analyst Yury Butusov backed this theory, saying: 'At first it seems that it was shot down by its own pilot, the pilot of another aircraft. 'However, when viewed in slow motion, one can conclude that the Su-25's wing failed due to excessive overload and exhaustion of the attack aircraft's resources.' The Su-25 is a Soviet, twin-engine, single-seat aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late 1970s.
RNZ News
30-05-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Father of Kiwi killed in Ukraine says government offered 'virtually nothing' in support
Andrew Bagshaw. Photo: Supplied / Susan and Philip Bagshaw The father of a New Zealand aid worker killed in Ukraine says his family received no support from our government. Professor Phil Bagshaw, father of Andrew Bagshaw, hopes the family of Shan-Le Kearns receive more support than they did. "We got some support from the UK government. We got virtually nothing from the New Zealand government," Phil Bagshaw told Midday Report. "Both my wife and I hope the New Zealand government is more supportive of this young man's family then they were of us." New Zealand aid worker Andrew Bagshaw, 47, was killed in eastern Ukraine in January 2023, alongside fellow British volunteer Christopher Parry. The pair were killed while trying to rescue a civilian from the Soledar region. On Thursday, reports emerged that 26-year-old Shan-Le Kearns was killed in Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it had not yet received any confirmation from Ukraine authorities and was urgently seeking information. It said the process may take some time given the situation on the ground in Ukraine. When contacted about Prof Bagshaw's claims, a Mfat spokesperson said: "The New Zealand Government condemned the killings of Andrew Bagshaw and his British colleague Chris Parry in Ukraine in January 2023. For privacy reasons, no other information about the assistance provided can be provided." Kearns would be the fourth New Zealander known to have died in Ukraine. Dominic Abelen, 28, was killed on 23 August 2022; Bagshaw, 47, on 6 January 2023; and Kane Te Tai, 38, on 20 March 2023. Shan-le Kearns. Photo: Supplied Prof Phil Bagshaw, who founded the Canterbury Charity Hospital, said at the time of his son's death, his family received lots of "confusing" and "very distressing" information. "We hoped we'd get some good information from the New Zealand government but what we got was incorrect and unhelpful, I'm afraid," he said. "We were told Andrew was killed accidentally by an artillery shell, when in fact, that clearly was not true. In fact, we got more information from his friends in Ukraine who did know what had happened to him." Post-mortem reports found Parry and Andrew Bagshaw were both killed by gunshot wounds to the head and other parts of the body , rather than the initial official explanation of their death, which was that their vehicle was hit by artillery fire. He urges Kearns' family to reach out to the team of people Kearns worked with, as they will be a reliable source of information. Prof Phil Bagshaw expressed his deep sympathies to Kearns' family. "You have good days and you have not good days. This is something that you live with." Andrew Bagshaw in Ukraine. Photo: Supplied/Grzegorz Rybak Prof Phil Bagshaw, alongside his wife Dame Sue Bagshaw, have always maintained their son was the victim of a war crime and they want it to be investigated by the International Criminal Court at the Hague. "I can tell you we will not rest until our son's death is listed as a war crime which is held against [Russian President Vladimir] Putin in the International Criminal Court," he said. "We've forgiven those who killed him but we do not forgive Putin. We want him to stand trial, even in absentia, for the death of our son." "This war is a crime against humanity and the New Zealand government should be speaking out actively against it."
