Kiev: 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.
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.
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.
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