A | Yeysk(Russia), Oct 18 (UNI) At least 13 people, including three children, have so far been killed after a Russian fighter-bomber plane crashed into an apartment block in the southern Russian town of Yeysk, officials said Tuesday.
The two pilots of the Su-34 jet, on a training flight, ejected before it hit the building and caused a huge inferno, the BBC reported.
Rescuers revised the death toll after finishing their search of the rubble, Russia's emergencies ministry said.
The officials said 68 were rescued from the blaze in the nine-storey block. Nineteen injured people are being treated following the Monday evening crash.
"According to a report from the pilots, who jettisoned from the plane, the reason for the crash was a fire in one of the engines during take off," the Russian defence ministry said.
"At the point where the Su-34 came down, in the courtyard of a residential block, the plane's fuel supply caught fire," it added.
Footage has emerged apparently showing local residents trying to help one of the pilots, who can be seen lying on the ground with a parachute behind him.
The port town of Yeysk lies near the eastern Ukrainian war zone, across the Sea of Azov from the devastated city of Mariupol. It has been used as a major training ground for Russia's naval aviation.
Pupils from a nearby secondary school were among more than 360 people evacuated from the crash site, Russian media reported.
A local correspondent in Yeysk told Russia's state-run TV channel Rossiya 24 that two of the apartment blocks caught fire, the BBC report said.
The Kremlin has ordered national and regional authorities to provide "all necessary assistance" to victims of the fire.
Russia's Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the scene.
UNI ING。 Canberra, Oct 10 (UNI) External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Monday held broad ranging discussions with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong on the Ukraine conflict and its impact on the Indo-Pacific region.
The two addressed a joint press conference as they held the 13th India-Australia Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue here.
"We have discussed Ukraine and its repercussions in the Indo Pacific region, the progress in Quad, G-20 issues, our trilateral, some things related to IAEA and climate finance sustainable development goals," Dr Jaishankar said.
Wong said India and Australia should resolve issues in the Indo-Pacific region together.
"We spoke about a whole lot of issues -- trade, economy, education, defence and security, clean energy and among the many agreements and understandings we reached. It is in our mutual interest to expand the diplomatic footprint in each other's country," Jaishankar said.
During the 13th Foreign Ministers Framework Dialogue, the two Ministers took stock of the steady progress of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, including important Ministerial visits in recent months and agreed to work closely together in Quad, trilaterals, G20, UN and other important forums.
"India and Australia are comprehensive strategic partners. We are Quad partners. We partner in many other ways... We don't want to see any country dominating and any country being dominated," said Wong.
Wong announced that Australia was looking to open a consulate general in Bengaluru "sometime next year."
The visit by Dr Jaishankar is his second to Australia this year. He came in February 2022 to attend the Quad Foreign Ministers' meeting in Melbourne.
Dr Jaishankar also met Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles.
"Exchanged views on regional and global security. Our growing defence and security cooperation ensures a peaceful, prosperous and rules based Indo-Pacific," he tweeted.
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