Kyiv: Russian jet shoots down plane in Ukraine
According to the Ukrainian government, a Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet that was conducting military operations over eastern Ukraine, where forces loyal to the Kiev government are carrying out an offensive to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion.
KIEV (Reuters) A Russian jet shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jet that was conducting military operations over eastern Ukraine, where Kiev government forces are carrying out an offensive to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion, a Ukrainian military spokesman said on Thursday.
The plane was shot down on Wednesday night by rocket fire, and the pilot managed to eject safely, Andriy Lysenko, spokesman for Ukraine's National Defense and Security Council, told reporters.
(By Richard Balmforth)