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Kiev Says A Russian Jet Shot Down A Ukrainian Warplane Over Ukraine
Kiev Says A Russian Jet Shot Down A Ukrainian Warplane Over Ukraine
ReutersJul 17, 2014, 15:58 IST
REUTERS/Stringer Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighter planes arrive at Iraq's al-Muthanna military airbase at Baghdad airport, in Baghdad, July 1, 2014.
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.
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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)
