The craft "has ceased to exist" following the crash, state media reported.
A Russian spacecraft crashed into the moon, according to Russia's space agency.
The Luna 25 craft lost contact following the crash, Roscosmos told Interfax, a Russian news agency.
"According to preliminary analysis, in light of deviation of the actual parameters from of the impulse from the estimated ones, the Luna 25 spacecraft entered an unplanned orbit and ceased to exist after colliding with the surface of the Moon," Roscosmos said.
A picture taken from the camera of the lunar landing spacecraft Luna-25 shows the Zeeman crater located on the far side of the moon, August 17, 2023.
Roscosmos via Reuters
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