A Russian Su-27 fighter crashed in Lithuania on Thursday after the pilot lost control and was forced to eject, Russian news agencies reported. They said the plane was flying to the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, which is cut off from the rest of Russia by Lithuanian and Polish territory, when it came down.
The pilot parachuted down to land around 55 km (35 miles) from the Lithuanian town of Kaunas, Interfax news agency reported.