According to Russian state owned media, a Ukrainian national in a privately owned plane made an emergency landing near Bryansk Oblast, Russia..According to them, he was detained by Russian border guards after stashing his body armor and rifle, then making a dash for the Ukrainian border. He reportedly claimed his plane's navigational system was faulty and he did not know he was over Russia..The FSB statement reads below:."On April 5, 2023, officers of the Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Bryansk region recorded a violation of the state border from Ukraine to the Russian Federation by a Ukrainian light-engine aircraft. For unknown reasons, the aircraft crashed near the village of Butovsk, Bryansk region. A pilot (a citizen of Ukraine) who tried to escape to Ukrainian territory was detained border patrol.".Pro-Russian media outlets claimed the man was attempting to drop homemade explosives on the Druzhba pipeline..The aircraft was a Aeroprakt A-32, light blue.
According to Russian state owned media, a Ukrainian national in a privately owned plane made an emergency landing near Bryansk Oblast, Russia..According to them, he was detained by Russian border guards after stashing his body armor and rifle, then making a dash for the Ukrainian border. He reportedly claimed his plane's navigational system was faulty and he did not know he was over Russia..The FSB statement reads below:."On April 5, 2023, officers of the Border Directorate of the Federal Security Service of Russia in the Bryansk region recorded a violation of the state border from Ukraine to the Russian Federation by a Ukrainian light-engine aircraft. For unknown reasons, the aircraft crashed near the village of Butovsk, Bryansk region. A pilot (a citizen of Ukraine) who tried to escape to Ukrainian territory was detained border patrol.".Pro-Russian media outlets claimed the man was attempting to drop homemade explosives on the Druzhba pipeline..The aircraft was a Aeroprakt A-32, light blue.
