Thursday, July 24, 2014

Rebels shoot down two Ukrainian fighter jets – Ukrainian claim


Pro-Russia rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in eastern Ukraine just days after the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said.

“Two Sukhoi Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down. The fate of the pilots is not known,” a spokesman, Oleksiy Dmytrashkivsky, said, adding that the planes had been brought down about 16 miles (25km) from the MH17 crash site.

A second military spokesman, however, said insurgent rocket fire had brought the jets down at a different location. The two pilots managed to parachute out, he said, giving no further details about their condition .... http://www.theguardian.com