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/Gorlovka/Horlivka |
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Shot down at around 7 p.m.(local) . . . while performing tasks in the area of Amvrosiivka city (according to Ukrainian authorities). Though the Militia timings put it somewhere between 16:35 and 17:40 [1].
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). The other one left towards the airfield in Mirhorod (49.93086,33.6437) heavily smoking.
References
- info-news
- ria.ru via Google translate
- nashidni.org via Google translate
- BBC News
- Mirhorod airfield photo