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Good morning! In Russia today is a day of mourning for the victims of a crash over the Black Sea. The plane of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation was heading to Syria. He flew out of Moscow on Sunday night, sat on refueling at Adler airport and crashed early in the morning immediately after takeoff. Specialists are looking for fragments and bodies of victims in the Black Sea. Fell into the sea. Journalists, artists and Dr.

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The wreckage of the Tu-154 aircraft of the aircraft of the Tu-154 aircraft broken down in the Black Sea near the Black Sea. The devices of ships participating in the search operation also may have been spotted at the bottom of the fuselage of the victim of the airliner. Among the most likely causes of the disaster, officials are still called technical malfunction or piloting error.

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In Russia today is a national day of mourning for the victims of a plane crash near Sochi, where a military Tu-154, flying to Syria, collapsed at sea. The authorities suggest that all 92 people who were on board were killed, including 68 participants in the Aleksandrov song and dance ensemble. The artists were heading to the Syrian base of Khmeimim to speak to the Russian military with a festive concert.

Gennady Zyuganov suggested that the Tu-154 crash could become a terrorist attack. This was the leader of the Communist Party of the Communist Party after laying flowers to the building of the concert complex of the ensemble Alexandrov in Moscow. Earlier, the Minister of Transport of Russia Maxim Sokolov called the main versions of the airline technical malfunction and pilot error. According to him, the version of the attack is also considered, but not one of the priority.

Search operation in Sochi The Federal Security Service of Russia (FSB) did not find signs of sabotage or a terrorist act on board the Tu-154 of the Ministry of Defense, which was divided on Sunday, Interfax reports . The department also said that the aircraft did not transport military goods or pyrotechnic products. As the main versions, it is considered the ingress of foreign objects, the failure of engines due to poor-quality fuel, piloting error and the technical malfunction of the aircraft.

A group of Chinese warships, led by the Liaonin aircraft carrier, entered the South China Sea on Monday after it went south of Taiwan. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan. Beijing calls his naval maneuvers "ordinary exercises." The Taiwan Ministry of Defense said that the Liaonin Airman, accompanied by five ships, went to the southeast of the islands of Vytli, which are under the control of Taiwan, and headed to the south-west, accompanied by five vessels on Monday.