The death toll in a military jet crash in southern Russia rises to 14

The Russian authorities have raised the death toll in the crash of a Russian military jet to 14, the state-run Tass news agency reported on Tuesday. The jet crashed into the courtyard of a large apartment building during a training mission on Monday, emergency officials said. Three children were among those killed. The warplane, a Su-34, crashed in Yeysk, a port and resort town across the Sea of Azov from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, military officials told Russian news outlets. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the jet had been on a training flight when one of its engines caught fire and it plunged into a residential area. The Russian Emergency Ministry wrote on the messaging app Telegram early Tuesday that rescue efforts were complete. An additional 19 people were injured, the ministry said. The pilots ejected themselves, according to Russia’s state-run news agency, Tass.The fire engulfed several floors of the building, which was nine stores tall, the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratiev, said on Telegram. He said initial reports indicated that 17 apartments had been damaged but added later that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.<br/>