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President Vladimir Putin sent messages to Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar in connection with a plane crash

May 27, 2003

In his messages the President expressed his condolences to the heads of state, and to the friends and families of the victims.

A Ukrainian Yak-42 plane, which carried Spanish peace-keepers from Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) to Saragosa (Spain) crashed on May 26 on Turkish territory 30 km off the Black Sea coast. The crew of 13 and 62 Spanish servicemen were killed.

May 27, 2003