Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Shooting Down Its Warplane

Thursday, July 17 , 2014 - 14:22 (EET) Section: Business Insider (USA)

KIEV (Reuters) – A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine, where government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The plane was brought down on Wednesday night by a rocket strike and the pilot safely ejected, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for Ukraine’s national Defence and Security Council, told journalists. (Writing by Richard Balmforth, editing by John Stonestreet)SEE ALSO: Someone Appears To Be Firing Grad Rockets At Ukraine From Inside Of Russia Join the conversation about this story