flaming wreckage falls from the sky in Kyiv - somebody/thing got shot down...

[msongs]

[Spazito]

1. On Rachel's show, there was a report that...

a missile was intercepted according to the Ukrainian Minister of Defense. The video may well be that interception.

[BGBD]

2. Intercepted missile

Most likely judging from the size of the explosion.

[uponit7771]

8. Hmmmm, something tells me this isn't going as Poot planned it. Vidman is talking about Russian

... soliders defecting and shit.

[Best_man23]

3. Perhaps the handiwork of the Ghost of Kyiv

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216395425

[underpants]

4. Thanks for the link.

[ornotna]

5. According to CNN right now

It was a Ukrainian plane being shot down. SU20 I think they said.

[relayerbob]

6. Reported to be Ukrainian SU-27 shot down per Ukraine

[Wicked Blue]

7. Unconfirmed info from BBC claims it's a Russian jet

An official with the Ukrainian interior ministry says a Russian aircraft has been shot down over the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv.

Anton Herashchenko says the jet crashed near a house at 7a Koshytsia Street.

The unconfirmed claim follows reports of a couple of explosions earlier in the Ukrainian capital.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-europe-60517447

More from BBC Live Updates:

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Russian aircraft reportedly crashes into Kyiv apartment block

We've been hearing reports of explosions in the Ukranian capital Kyiv on Friday morning.

There are more unconfirmed reports coming in that the city's air defence stopped an air raid by intercepting a number of missiles and downing an enemy aircraft.

An official with the Ukranian interior ministry said an aircraft had crashed in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv.

Local reports say a nine-storey residential building is on fire in Kyiv.

[WarGamer]

10. No... a Ukraine SU27 per Ukraine gov't

[moondust]

9. Earlier today

there was a report that Ukraine shot down five or six Russian planes and one helicopter. Russia denied it.