Moment Putin’s £40million supersonic fighter bomber crashes in latest humiliation as video shows smouldering wreckage

DRAMATIC footage shows Vladimir Putin's £40million supersonic fighter bomber crash on the ground in the latest humiliation blow.

The charred chassis of SU-34 can be seen burning in Russia's Volgograd region with plumes of smoke rising to the sky.

The crew of two managed to eject from the warplane before the military jet hit the ground and exploded.

The video from the scene shows the smouldering wreckage lying in the Serafimovichsky district of Volgograd region.

It was unclear if the plane had been on a mission linked to the Ukraine war. 

The Russian defence minister confirmed the crash and said it was likely caused by a “technical malfunction” during a training flight. 

The defence ministry statement read: “The crew ejected, there is no threat to the lives of the pilots.

“The plane crashed in an uninhabited area. The flight was carried out without ammunition.”

Putin has lost an estimated three dozen Su-34s since he started a war against Ukraine in 2022.

Mad Vlad's prized Su-34 planes, also designed for precise and brutal bombings, are thought to cost around £40million.

The crash came following a remarkable kamikaze drone strike by Ukraine on the Russian military airbase Olenya, located above the Arctic Circle.

The operation required flying 1,175 miles across heavily fortified areas of Russia to reach the closest border with Ukraine.

Putin had reportedly concealed his Tu-22M3 strategic bombers in the area packed with air defences to avoid being targeted by Ukrainian strikes.

Bombers from Olenya have been deployed to attack Ukraine during the war.

Ukraine also claimed to have attacked the Diagilevo facility in the Ryazan region and the Engels military airfield in the Saratov region today.

The kamikaze drone strike also targeted an oil refinery in Ryazan, according to sources.

All of the locations had reported explosions, but confirmation of damage to Russian warplanes and oil infrastructure is still pending.

The attack comes as yet another embarrassing loss for Putin after his attacks were wiped out one by one by Ukrainian forces.

The warmonger's attempt to turn tide of the war failed after at least 29 attacks were fended off by President Volodymyr Zelensky's army.

Earlier this year, at least six of the despot's planes were destroyed while eight more were damaged in the overnight blitz on Russian bases.

And in January, two of Putin's most crucial spy planes worth £290million were shot down as Russia fears Ukraine used a secret NATO "miracle weapon" in the attack.

One of the Russian dictator's £260million jets disappeared and a £30million bomber jet was set on fire after Ukrainian forces shot them out of the sky above the Azov Sea.

They were blasted out of the air in one of Moscow's worst days for its air force since Russia's invasion in 2022.