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The Yakovlev Yak-130 jet crashed in eastern Russia, around 600km from Moscow, according to Russia's Defence Ministry.

Known as "Mitten" by NATO classification, the war plane went down near the city of Borisoglebsk, in the Voronezh region.

Stationed at the Krasnodar Higher Military Aciation School, the jet's pilots reportedly ran into a mid-flight malfunction.

According to reports, both pilots managed to successfully eject.

The crash took place just before 9am this morning.

A similar incident occurdd in late 2017 in the same area, as pilots managed to narrowly missed hitting buildings as they ejected.

Devloped by the Yakovlev Design Bureau, the Yak-130 has the aerodynamic configuration and subsonic flight characteristics of modern jet fighters.

The flight is believed to have been a training flight.

A Russian Defence Ministry statement read: "A Yak-130 plane crashed during a scheduled training flight.

"Both pilots, the flight instructor and the cadet, ejected themselves safely, landed and contacted the airfield."

The crash comes as both the US and Russian military begin to prepare for the Syria situation to potentially worsen.

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have traded blows in recent days over President Asaad's alleged chemical attacks on his own people.