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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

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13:56 23.7.2014

AP says the shootdowns both occurred near Savur Mohila with "up to two crew members each," according to Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky. Mount Savur Mohila lies about 10 kilometers from both Snizhne and Torez.

13:55 23.7.2014

Interfax quotes separatists as saying the Ukrainian military jets were struck "near the town of Snizhne" and that "the pilot of one attack aircraft ejected near Snizhne...[and] the search for him is under way." The other aircraft, the separatists reportedly say, was "damaged and gone towards the north."

A Ukrainian military spokesman, we remind you, has said two Su-25 jets were shot down.

13:51 23.7.2014

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13:34 23.7.2014

I'd been holding back on sharing these tweets for confirmation, but will run them now, given the Reuters report on two Ukrainian fighter military jets being shot down.

13:31 23.7.2014

Many sources are reporting at least one fresh shootdown of a Ukrainian fighter military jet -- while Reuters, for instance, says "pro-Russian rebels shoot down two Ukrainian fighter jets," quoting a Ukrainian military spokesman.

13:29 23.7.2014

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