Ukrainian Pilot Nabbed After Crashing in Russia, FSB Claims

The Russian Federal Security Service claims to have detained a Ukrainian pilot after his light aircraft allegedly crashed near the town of Butovsk in Russia’s southwestern Bryansk region on Wednesday.

“On April 5, 2023, members of Russia’s FSB Border Service department for the Bryansk Region recorded a violation of the state border from Ukraine into the Russian Federation by a Ukrainian light-engine aircraft,” the FSB said in a statement reported by Russian state news agency TASS. “For unknown reasons, the plane crashed near Butovsk in the Bryansk Region. The pilot (a Ukrainian national), who was trying to flee into Ukrainian territory was apprehended by a border patrol.”

The Daily Beast was not able to independently verify the report from FSB. Ukraine’s Air Force did not immediately return request for comment.

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