{"id":1280153,"date":"2025-08-14T19:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/a-russian-su-30sm-fighter-jet-crashed-near-zmiiniy-island-what-is-known-about-the-incident\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T06:59:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T03:59:54","slug":"a-russian-su-30sm-fighter-jet-crashed-near-zmiiniy-island-what-is-known-about-the-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/a-russian-su-30sm-fighter-jet-crashed-near-zmiiniy-island-what-is-known-about-the-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Su-30SM Crashes Near Zmiinyi Island: Cause Still Unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ukrainian Naval Forces Lose Contact with Russian Su-30SM Fighter Jet Southeast of Zmiinyi Island.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ukrainian_navy\/15889\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">the press service of<\/a> the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"306\">The electronic reconnaissance units of the Ukrainian Navy reported a loss of communication with a Russian Su-30SM aircraft, which was conducting a mission southeast of Zmiinyi Island. The cause of the incident is currently being investigated.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"419\">According to available information, the wreckage of the aircraft has already been located on the surface.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"550\">&#8220;At present, the occupiers are conducting a search and rescue operation. The pilots have not been found,&#8221; the department added.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"552\" data-end=\"845\">The Su-30SM is a Russian-made multirole frontline fighter capable of performing air defense, engaging ground and sea targets, and conducting reconnaissance missions. The aircraft features high maneuverability, modern avionics, and armaments, including air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that in June, one of the most high-profile air battles during the full-scale war took place in northeastern Ukraine: a Ukrainian F-16 AM fighter jet, in coordination with a Swedish radar system<a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/istorychna-pastka-v-nebi-ukrainskyy-vynyshchuvach-f-16-znyshchyv-rosiyskyy-litak-su-35-na-sumshchyni\/\">, shot down a Russian Su-35.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian Naval Forces Lose Contact with Russian Su-30SM Fighter Jet Southeast of Zmiinyi Island. This was reported by the press service of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The electronic reconnaissance units of the Ukrainian Navy reported a loss of communication with a Russian Su-30SM aircraft, which was conducting a mission southeast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1280252,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76874,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1280153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1280153"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1280256,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1280153\/revisions\/1280256"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1280252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1280153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1280153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}