21.   Russian planes could no longer safely bomb the capital, or bombard it with indiscriminate artillery fire, without risking the lives of their own troops.

22.   Russian planes struck a rebel base on Friday near the Chechen town of Kenkhi, located near the border with Dagastan.

23.   Russian planes struck a rebel base on Friday near the Chechen town of Kenkhi, located near the border with Dagestan.

24.   Some observers even say that the spiffed-up Russian planes might eventually find homes with American and European airlines.

25.   The crew of an Armenian Airlines plane notified flight controllers that they had seen the Russian plane explode.

26.   The flames seem to flutter in time to the arrival of artillery shells, and Russian planes, presumably on reconnaissance, racket across the sky.

27.   The jury is still out on the new Russian planes, but they have some important built-in advantages in the domestic market.

28.   The group will fly to Rwanda and charter Russian planes for the flight into Congo, he said.

29.   The hijacked Russian plane landed in the desolate Negev shortly after sunrise on Sunday morning like an abrupt announcement of another bad week.

30.   The Russian plane that crashed near the Belgrade airport belonged to Spair Airlines, a company that operates out of Ekaterinenburg, Russia, airport officials said.