Ukraine is in solidarity with its Polish friends on the anniversary of the Smolensk plane crash that killed President Lech Kaczynski and members of the Polish elite.\u00a0The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this on Twitter,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00a0KYIV.\u00a0UkraineGate , 10 , April , 2022 | War News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Quote<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Today we honor the memory of the victims of the plane crash near Smolensk, which killed President Lech Kaczynski and representatives of the Polish elite 12 years ago. On this day, we stand in solidarity with our Polish friends and allies who stand firm with Ukraine against Russian aggression.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n certificate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tu-154M crashed on the morning of April 10, 2010 near Smolensk in thick fog. As a result, all 96 people on board were killed, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria. A high-ranking Polish delegation flew to Katyn to mourn. In conditions of poor visibility and lack of visual contact with the ground, the pilots decided to land the airliner, the plane did not reach a few meters to the runway, colliding first with trees and then with the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specialists of the Interstate Aviation Committee came to the conclusion<\/a> that the crash was the result of the actions of the crew, which under conditions of psychological pressure made the wrong decision to land in adverse weather conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The report of the<\/a> Polish government commission among the causes of the plane crash, in addition to the reduction to an unacceptable height, also mentioned the mistakes of the crew and the fact that the pilot ignored the signals of the early warning system TAWS. Polish experts concluded that the cause of the event was a decrease below the minimum altitude at excessive speed in meteorological conditions that do not allow visual contact with the ground, as well as the late start of the procedure for the second round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In April 2018, the subcommittee annulled the official report on the causes of the disaster, which was submitted in 2011 by a government commission chaired by Jerzy Miller. The subcommittee published a report that the plane had crashed in the air due to the explosion, and Russian air traffic controllers misled pilots about their whereabouts on approach to the runway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On April 25, 2018, the\u00a0technical report of the commission to re-investigate the causes of the plane crash was\u00a0published .\u00a0<\/a>The cause of the crash was called an explosion in the wing of the plane before it fell to the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n