Reports now suggesting at least one person died in the downing of the Ukrainian military transport plane today:
(NOTE: Video contains graphic images.) Reuters has issued video after officials in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk say that at least three people were killed in shelling there yesterday. One of the victims was a female guard at a school that was badly damaged in the strikes, while residents of apartment blocks said one of their neighbors was killed by shrapnel.
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Contradicting earlier suggestions that the crew could have numbered around 20, our Ukrainian Service quotes a National Security and Defense Council spokesman as saying there were eight people -- seven crew members and one person accompanying the equipment -- aboard the An-26 transport plane when it was downed. Ukrainian authorities said they were trying to locate and transport them to a location under Kyiv's control.