Two Ukrainian fighter jets downed by rebels near MH17 site

July 23, 2014 21:13

Pro-Russian separatists shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets today in the same eastern region where Malaysian Air (MAS) Flight MH17 was destroyed, the government said.

Rebels downed two Su-25 fighters over the village of Dmytrivka in the Donetsk region, a Defense Ministry spokesman, Oleksiy Dmytrashkovsky, said by phone.

Another ministry spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, later told reporters in Kiev the planes were flying at an altitude of 5,200 meters (17,000 feet) when they were brought down by a "powerful' anti-aircraft missile. The pilots ejected and their whereabouts are unknown, the ministry said on Facebook.

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