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A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed near Stavropol in southwest Russia after carrying out airstrikes in neighboring Ukraine, officials and witnesses say. At least one crew member was killed, another is missing. The plane, a supersonic long-range bomber, was carrying four people and returning from a combat mission when it crashed into a field in Krasnogvardeisky District, about 207 kilometers (129 miles) from Krasnodar and to the east of Crimea. “The pilots ejected. Three crew members were evacuated by the search and rescue team,” Russia’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement. “Curren…

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