突发！俄罗斯一架运输机在叙利亚坠毁，机上32人全部遇难！

A Russian transport plane has crashed in Syria killing all 26 passengers and six crew members believed to have been on board, the defence ministry says.

俄国防部称，俄罗斯一架运输机在叙利亚坠毁了，26名乘客全部遇难，据信机上另有6名机组人员。

The plane crashed during landing at Hmeimim airbase, near the Syrian coastal city of Latakia, the ministry is quoted as saying by Russian media.

俄罗斯媒体援引俄国防部的话报道称，这架飞机在降落叙利亚沿海城市拉塔基亚附近的赫梅明空军基地时坠毁。

The plane was not fired upon, Russia says, and preliminary data suggests a technical malfunction could have caused the crash.

俄罗斯称，飞机并未着火，初始数据暗示，技术故障可能造成了此次坠机。

An investigation is now under way.

目前正在展开调查。

On 31 December 2017, Russian warplanes were damaged at Hmeimin after a rebel mortar attack.

2017年12月31日，俄罗斯战机在赫梅明遭到反对派迫击炮攻击后受损。

Hmeimim is Russia’s main base for air strikes on rebel groups in Syria - strikes that have enabled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces to recover much lost ground.

赫梅明为俄罗斯在叙利亚空袭反对派的主要基地，空袭使得叙利亚总统巴沙尔·阿萨德的军队收复了大批失地。

Russian air strikes are said to have killed many civilians - though Moscow insists that it only targets rebel "terrorist" fighters.

据称，俄罗斯空袭还造成了很多平民死亡，尽管莫斯科坚称，它只针对反叛的“恐怖主义”士兵。