Pro-Russiarebels shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet on Monday, before Kiev and Moscow’s top diplomats were due to hold urgent talks to defuse tensions over fighting in the east of the ex-Soviet nation.
Ukraine’s military said its MiG-29 warplane had been shot down as it carried out “an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists” in theLuhanskregion. The pilot managed to parachute to safety, it said.
Authorities in the main rebel city of Donetsk said shelling had killed 10 civilians in 24 hours as government forces pressed on with an offensive to oust separatists.
Meanwhile, Germany demanded thatMoscow clarify boasts by a …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
