UPDATE: The crashed aircraft appears to be a Tu-95MS strategic bomber, not a Tu-154 as initially reported.
Evidence: tail section debris matches the Tu-95.
The Tu-95MS is Russia's nuclear-capable strategic bomber, a key part of its nuclear triad, used extensively to launch cruise missiles against Ukraine.
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Clash Report NEW: Russian military Tu-154 crashed in Amur Oblast. Six of seven people on board reportedly killed. Preliminary cause cited as a fuel explosion on the aircraft. The Tu-154 is a Soviet-era three-engine jet airliner from the 1970s, still used by Russia's…
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