MOSCOW, September 3. /TASS/. The Sukhoi-25UB fighter-bomber has crashed in the Stavropol Region, the Defense Ministry reported.

"On September 3, a Sukhoi-25UB fighter-bomber crashed during a routine training flight. The rescue service is searching for the two missing pilots. The plane carried no ammunition. It crashed in an unpopulated area causing no destruction on the ground," the ministry said.