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People place candles to honor passengers and crew members of a Russian military Tu-154 plane that crashed into the Black Sea on its way to Syria on Sunday, in the resort city of Sochi, Russia Dec. 25.

Russian army singers died in a plane crash en route to a Syria base

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The Tu-154 military plane went down shortly after taking off from the southern city of Adler where it had been refueling. The plane crashed into the Black Sea, with no sign of survivors among the 92 on board, including Red Army Choir members traveling to celebrate New Year with troops.

As tension rises in eastern Ukraine, Russian nationalism rises in Moscow

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A Ukrainian serviceman digs a trench at a checkpoint facing Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's small frontier detachments would have difficulty stopping an all-out Russian attack, but would more likely be by-passed and isolated, on the "Crimean model" of

If it comes to war with Russia, does Ukraine stand a chance?

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A Ukrainian serviceman digs a trench at a checkpoint facing Russian-occupied Crimea. Ukraine's small frontier detachments would have difficulty stopping an all-out Russian attack, but would more likely be by-passed and isolated, on the "Crimean model" of

If it comes to war with Russia, does Ukraine stand a chance?

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