{"id":1617,"date":"2025-01-30T23:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T00:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2025-02-01T09:44:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T09:44:35","slug":"us-in-contact-with-russia-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/us-in-contact-with-russia-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"US \u2018in contact\u2019 with Russia \u2013 Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moscow and Washington are cooperating to repatriate the remains of Russian nationals killed in the US airplane tragedy<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US government has reached out to Moscow regarding the Russian nationals killed in the crash of a civilian airliner and a military helicopter at Washington National Airport, President Donald Trump has said.<\/p>\n

All 64 passengers and crew members aboard Flight 5342 died when their Bombardier CRJ700 collided with an H-60 Black Hawk helicopter while attempting to land in the US capital on Wednesday evening. Three members of the US military on board the helicopter were also killed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a Russian contingent \u2013 some very talented people \u2013 unfortunately on that plane,\u201d<\/em> Trump told reporters at a White House briefing on Thursday. \u201cVery, very sorry about that.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already been in contact with Russia,\u201d<\/em> Trump said in response to a question from the press. He also stated that the US \u201cwill facilitate\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the transfer of the remains of any Russian nationals killed in the crash, regardless of the sanctions and flight bans currently in effect.<\/p>\n

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Russian skating stars on board crashed American plane \u2013 media\u00a0<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Kremlin later clarified that the \u201ccontact\u201d<\/em> Trump mentioned did not involve direct communication between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

The Russian embassy in Washington expressed its condolences to the American people over the tragedy, adding, \u201cWe were especially saddened to learn from the White House that there were Russian citizens on board the airliner.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are grateful to the American authorities, with whom we are in constant contact, for the words of support expressed to the families of the victims and their readiness to help with the transfer of the remains to their homeland,\u201d<\/em> the embassy said in a statement on Thursday. It added that it was still awaiting information from the State Department about the Russian nationals who died in the crash.<\/p>\n

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DC plane crash could have been prevented \u2013 Trump<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

American Airlines, whose subsidiary PSA operated Flight 5342, has not yet released the names of the crew or passengers. However, some victims have been identified through social media posts and interviews with family members and friends.<\/p>\n

Many of the passengers were athletes, coaches, and family members returning from the US Figure Skating Championships in Wichita, Kansas. Among them were Vadim Naumov and Evgenia Shishkova, the 1994 world champion figure skaters and former Russian Olympians who moved to the US in 1998 and worked as coaches.<\/p>\n

Former Soviet professional skater Inna Volyanskaya was also confirmed to have been on board by Congressman Suhas Subramanyam, a Virginia Democrat, in whose district she lived.<\/p>\n

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\n READ MORE: <\/span>Passenger plane with 64 on board collides with US Army helicopter (VIDEOS)
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The Trump administration has pledged to conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the causes of Wednesday\u2019s tragedy. The US president has suggested possible errors by the helicopter crew or air traffic control at Ronald Reagan National Airport, citing videos that captured the crash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moscow and Washington are cooperating to repatriate the remains of Russian nationals killed in the US airplane tragedy The US government has reached out to Moscow regarding the Russian nationals killed in the crash of a civilian airliner and a military helicopter at Washington National Airport, President Donald Trump has said. All 64 passengers and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1622,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions\/1622"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/developeternal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}