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Rebels shot down Ukrainian fighter jet: Kiev
Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.
Updated on: Aug 17, 2014, 14:06:49 IST
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Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country, a military spokesman told AFP.
"In the course of an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists, a MiG-29 was shot down this morning in Lugansk region," military spokesman Leonid Matyukhin said.
He added that the pilot parachuted out and was rescued by Ukrainian forces.
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