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Unconfirmed reports suggested that an engine had come off the stricken aircraft mid-air, with footage appearing to show a large object falling from the plane and crashing down to earth.
One of Russia's nine operational A-50 command planes, crucial to battlefield control, was reportedly downed off the Ukrainian coast.
Vladimir Putin appeared to lose track of what wrist he placed his watch on during an important meeting earlier this week.
Vladimir Putin's rumored lover, Alina Kabaeva, is reportedly "infatuated" with the security guard she was accused of engaging in an affair with.