At 5:00 p.m. on Oct. 16, a twin-engine Su-27UB1M jet fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force’s 831 st Tactical Aviation Brigade smashed into the ground near the village of Ulaniv in western Ukraine. According to a purported eyewitness account , the fighter entered an uncontrolled spin above the village, but the pilots adjusted its trajectory to crash in an empty field.
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A picture taken on Oct. 12, 2018 shows the Ukrainian Su-27 UB fighter (Combat Trainer) flights during an air force exercises on Starokostyantyniv military airbase.
