Su-25 jet crashes in Russia, pilot safe

A Su-25 jet crashed in Russia's Primorye region close to the small town of Chernigovka, the Russian defence ministry said on Wednesday.

The pilot of the fighter ejected and his life was not in danger. No casualties were reported in the crash, Xinhua news agency quoted the ministry as saying.

The Sukhoi Su-25 is a single-seat, twin-engine fighter developed in the former Soviet Union by the Sukhoi Design Bureau.