Pro-Russian separatists listen to instructions near a machine gun during their service in eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on August 8, 2014.
Kiev:
Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.
"In the course of an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists, a MiG-29 was shot down this morning in Lugansk region," military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin said.
He added that the pilot parachuted out and was rescued by Ukrainian forces.
"In the course of an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists, a MiG-29 was shot down this morning in Lugansk region," military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin said.
He added that the pilot parachuted out and was rescued by Ukrainian forces.
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