Russian Aircraft Crashes, Damages Homes In Eastern Ukraine

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A Russian military aircraft hit the ground in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka on October 5. No one was hurt, but the impact damaged several houses. Amid contradictory information on details of the incident, Ukrainian officials said the aircraft was a downed Russian Su-34 fighter bomber. It remains to be clarified whether the plane was shot down by the Ukrainian or Russian military or if the crash was caused by something else.