15 Jul 2014 19:05

Donetsk militia says it shot down Ukrainian attack plane near Snizhne

DONETSK. July 15 (Interfax) - The militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) claims to have shot down another Su-25 attack plane of the Ukrainian Air Force.

"An Su-25 attack plane was shot down while delivering airstrikes upon the town of Snizhne. The crippled plane crashed not far from the town. The pilot's fate has yet to be determined," Kostyantyn Knyryk, the head of the South-Eastern Front information center, told Interfax.

Interfax could not immediately obtain confirmation of this report from other sources.