According to the press service of the President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev sent a letter of condolences to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.

On the eve of the military transport aircraft An-26 crashed during a landing at the airfield Khmeimim in Syria. About 33 passengers and six crew members were on the board of the plant, including 27 officers and servicemen.

Presumably, the cause of the crash was a technical malfunction. The Special Commission is studying all the versions of what happened.