14 Jun 2014 14:12

Su-25 plane shot down over Horlivka

DONETSK. June 14 (Interfax) - The self-defense forces of Horlivka, Donetsk region, have reported that the Ukrainian Su-25 plane that bombed the building of a local police station at 4:30 a.m. Kyiv time has been shot down.

"We have managed to shoot down a Su-25 plane. The pilot ejected. He is now being questioned in the headquarters of the self-defense forces," the Horlivka self-defense forces' headquarters told Interfax.

The source also said the Ukrainian army had bombed the city of Druzhkovka last night.

According to earlier reports, one person was killed and six were wounded in an air strike by the Ukrainian Air Force in the city of Horlivka.

"One person was killed and six were wounded in an air strike by the Ukrainian Air Force in Horlivka. The building of a police station and the nearby residential buildings were badly damaged," the report says.