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
  1. Fighting in Donbass – Evening of 07/16