June 15 (BBC News Ukraine) Ukraine’s Defence Ministry claims that the
militias in Luhansk have shot down Ukraine’s IL-76 military aircraft. At least
49 people were on board, the CNN reports citing Ukraine’s military sources. An
IL-76 plane which was carrying troops for the purpose of regular rotation was
shot down when landing at Luhansk airport on the night from June 13 to 14. "In
the night from June 13 to June 14 terrorists shot with anti-aircraft weapons
and large caliber machine gun at a militaty transport IL-76 plane and shot it
down as it was landing," said the Ukrainian Defense Ministry statement,
published on its website. "There were troops, hardware, equipment and food
on board the plane." The information has been neither confirmed nor denied
yet in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic.
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