Separatists claim to have shot down two Ukrainian planes near Russian border Donetsk, July 17 (Interfax) - Two Ukrainian Air Force aircraft were shot down in the east of the Donetsk region on Thursday evening, said Ihor Druz, an advisor to the defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples Republic (DPR). The Antonov An-26 transport aircraft was shot down above the city. It fell near the Progress coal mine, near a waste pile. Residential buildings were not damaged. A group of militia scouts are working at the crash site, Druz told Interfax. A Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down near the Russian border later, the defense ministers advisor said. It was hit from a portable antiaircraft missile system. Efforts are under way to locate the crash site, Druz said.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:50:05 +0000
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