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Ukraine: Air Force jet shot down by air-to-air missile from Russian plane; rebels hit 2nd jet
US News and World Report ^
| 07/17/2014
| PETER LEONARD
Posted on 07/17/2014 9:44:45 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Edited on 07/17/2014 10:25:23 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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KIEV, Ukraine (AP) An Air Force fighter jet has been shot down by an air-to-air missile fired from a Russian plane, a spokesman for Ukraine's Security Council said Thursday.
Andrei Lysenko also said Ukrainian troops had been fired upon by missiles from a village just inside Russia.
Officials in Kiev have recently accused Russia's armed forces of being directly implicated in attacks on Ukrainian troops battling an insurgency near the border.
Lysenko said in a televised briefing that the pilot of the Sukhoi-25 jet that was hit on Wednesday evening was forced to bail out after his jet was shot down. He provided no further details.
Pro-Russia rebels, meanwhile, claimed responsibility...
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Russia
KEYWORDS: airforce; globalists; mh17; missile; provokewar; russia; soros; ukraine
To: SeekAndFind; Biggirl
as predicted here in a thread just moments ago
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posted on
07/17/2014 9:47:27 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/17/2014 9:50:46 AM PDT
by
rey
To: rey
BUK missle?
To: SeekAndFind
Look below the Russian propaganda and you will see the evils of a communist state and the former USSR based in Moscow. The evil empire lives on.
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posted on
07/17/2014 10:00:01 AM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
According to the info on Wiki thats a pretty capable systems. An airliner wouldn’t have much chance of avoiding one of those even if they knew they were being targeted.
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posted on
07/17/2014 10:06:35 AM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: Rapscallion
You think Putin had it shot down?
To: SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/17/2014 10:22:52 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Conservatism is the political disposition of grown-ups.)
To: ilovesarah2012
Yes I do. But his hands will be clean. KGB leaves no finger-prints. Stalinist!
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posted on
07/17/2014 10:26:01 AM PDT
by
Rapscallion
(Obama stands for the corruption of America in all aspects.)
To: Rapscallion
Girkin aka "Strelkov" claims to have shot down Ukraine Air Force cargo jet at same time and location! Check the page before it is removed..................................................... https://vk.com/strelkov_info............................. 17.07.2014 17:50 (мск) Сообщение от ополчения. "В районе Тореза только что сбили самолет Ан-26, валяется где-то за шахтой "Прогресс". Предупреждали же - не летать в "нашем небе". А вот и видео-подтверждение очередного "птичкопада". Птичка упала за террикон, жилой сектор не зацепила. Мирные люди не пострадали. А также еще есть информация о втором сбитом самолете, вроде бы Су." ................................................ Facts speak by themselves................................................................. They removed the link after they realized just they stepped on putlers balls.
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posted on
07/17/2014 10:57:47 AM PDT
by
hubel458
To: SeekAndFind
do the rebels have fighter jets, ground crews and experienced pilots?
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posted on
07/17/2014 12:59:55 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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