1st Ukr SU-25 downed
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| Start | 16/07/2014 04:00:00 PM |
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| Description | Shot down near Gorlovki |
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Shot down at around 7 p.m.(local) . . . while performing tasks in the area of Amvrosiivka city (GoogleMap).
Rebel commander Igor "Strelkov" Girkin said two Su-25 planes had been downed during fighting at the Marinivka border crossing. The Information Centre of the militia of the Donbass claimed that two Ukrainian Air Force Su-25s were hit by DNR militias . It was reported that one of the planes was shot down from the portable missile systems near Gorlovki (48.310, 38.047). It left towards the airfield in Mirhorod (49.93086, 33.6437) heavily smoking.
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