Two Su-25's were shot down today in Ukraine at 1:30 pm local time. Yahoo/AP They were downed over Savur Moglia in Eastern Ukraine. Each plane had up to two pilots.
My Comment:
As far as I can tell these are the first air kills since the loss of Malaysia Flight 17. Apparently the rebels are confident enough in their fire control capabilities that they are no longer worried about shooting down passenger planes, or they are certain that there are no civilian aircraft in the area. At least I hope so. I can't imagine that they would be so stupid not to learn anything form the Flight 17 disaster. I can't even begin to imagine the outrage if they shot down another one...
EDIT: Here is a more in depth article about the engagement. -IBT Sounds like this happened in the same area as Flight 17. The pilots were reported to have ejected but their fate is unknown. Pro-Russian rebels have reportedly taken credit for shooting down one of the planes.
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