«Flights have already been permitted, and [military planes] are already supporting our ground forces in the areas of most intense fighting," National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said.
Kiev halted military flights in the east of the country on July 14, after an An-26 military transport plane crashed in Luhansk Region Monday.
The plane, carrying seven crew members and one accompanying person, was downed in the area surrounding Lisichanka, a city near the Russian border, using a Strela-1 missile system. Several crew members have been taken hostage by independence forces.
- Earlier on Wednesday a spokesman for the local defense forces told RIA Novosti independence supporters of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic were negotiating a swap of the crew members from the downed plane for captives held by Kiev.
Moscow has repeatedly called on Kiev to immediately put a stop the violence and resolve the conflict through peaceful dialogue.
[KIEV, July 16 (RIA Novosti)]
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Self-defense fighters downed two Ukrainian strike aircraft – Donetsk People's Republic...
ReplyDeleteThe self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic downed two Sukhoi Su-25 assault aircraft belonging to the Two Ukrainian Air Force, which were attacking the positions of the region’s self-defense fighters, Interfax cites Donbas militia’s information center as saying.
"One of the aircraft was shot from a portable air defense system near Horlivka. It flew into clouds of smoke in the direction of Myrhorod airdrome. The situation with the second one is being clarified," the militia stated.
Other sources have not confirmed the fact as of yet..........Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_07_16/Self-defense-fighters-downed-two-Ukrainian-strike-aircraft-Donetsk-Peoples-Republic-9468/
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Readout of the Vice President's Call with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...
ReplyDeleteVice President Joe Biden spoke today with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko about the situation in eastern Ukraine. The leaders discussed Russia’s ongoing support for the separatists and apparent escalation of the conflict over the last few days. President Poroshenko informed the Vice President of Ukraine’s attempts to arrange for a trilateral Contact Group meeting with the separatists under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which the separatists refused to attend. The Vice President told President Poroshenko that the United States was engaging with European leaders to discuss the imposition of costs on Russia for its continued escalation of the conflict.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/15/readout-vice-presidents-call-ukrainian-president-petro-poroshenko
Russia 'shot down Ukraine jet'...
ReplyDeleteUkraine accuses Russia of shooting down one of its military aircraft over Ukrainian territory
More to follow.......http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28345039
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A Ukrainian security spokesman has accused Russia's air force of shooting down one of its jets while it was on a mission over Ukrainian territory.....
DeleteAndriy Lysenko, spokesman for the Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council, said an Su-25 ground attack plane was downed on Wednesday evening.
Amateur video posted on Wednesday is said to show a plane being hit over Ukraine's eastern region of Luhansk.
Ukrainian officials also accused Russia of downing a transport plane earlier.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-28345039
Kyiv on July 17 accused a Russian air force jet of shooting down a Ukrainian warplane over its territory Wednesday, ratcheting up tensions along the volatile border between the two ex-Soviet states....
Delete"A military plane from the air force of the Russian Federation carried out a rocket strike on a Ukrainian airforce SU-25 as it fulfilled its task over the territory of Ukraine," Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council said on Twitter.
The pilot of the downed fighter jet managed to eject and was later evacuated by Ukrainian forces, the military said.
The latest allegation from Kyiv comes after it said that a military transport plane downed Monday was "likely" hit by a missile fired from the Russian side of the porous border.
A spokesman for the security council confirmed Thursday that two of the eight crew members on board died in the incident, while another four have been rescued and two were captured by pro-Russian rebels.
Tensions along the frontier -- across which Ukraine says Russia is pouring fighters and weapons to fuel the separatist uprising -- are at boiling point, with Kyiv warning that Moscow has massed thousands of troops there in preparation for a possible invasion.
The US and EU on Wednesday slapped tougher sanctions on Moscow in a bid to force the Kremlin into pressuring pro-Russian rebels into ending a three-month insurgency that has claimed more than 600 lives
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/kyiv-says-russian-jet-shoots-down-ukrainian-plane.aspx?pageID=238&nID=69260&NewsCatID=359