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muriel_volestrangler

(106,268 posts) Mon Jul 14, 2014, 11:20 AM Jul 2014

Ukraine says plane shot down by rocket from Russia [View all]

Source: CBC/AP

A Ukrainian military transport plane was shot down Monday along the country's eastern border with Russia, the defence minister said.

Rebels in conflict-wracked eastern Ukraine immediately claimed responsibility for downing the Antonov-26 but Ukrainian Defence Minister Valeriy Heletey said the rocket may have been fired from Russia.

Heletey said the plane was flying at an altitude of 6,500 metres, which he said was too high to be reached with the weapons used by the separatists fighting government troops.

Ukrainian authorities say plane may have been carrying around 20 people but there was no immediate word on casualties.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-says-plane-shot-down-by-rocket-from-russia-1.2706039

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Ukraine says plane shot down by rocket from Russia [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 OP

Hopefully cooler heads prevail. Tetris_Iguana Jul 2014 #1

Our satellite images of this event should be able to prove if this happened awake Jul 2014 #2

You can't often get satellite images of real-time events muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #3

Good explanation. It works that way in movies, though. Just sayin' freshwest Jul 2014 #5

That is why I said "if we can" awake Jul 2014 #6

SBIRS could. joshcryer Jul 2014 #19

If you mean this, it's an incomplete system for tracking ballistic missiles muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #20

I think it is more capable than let on. joshcryer Jul 2014 #24

So we support the genocide perpetrated by Svoboda and Right Sektor cosmicone Jul 2014 #4

You should have watched ALL the VICE news reports on the situation snooper2 Jul 2014 #16

Why would he do that when it is easier to give the Fox News version? davidpdx Jul 2014 #28

There won't be a reaction. joshcryer Jul 2014 #18

Last I heard the jury was still out a bit. Igel Jul 2014 #7

Not sure if this can be proven. The border appears to be open, launchers could cross. I see it says freshwest Jul 2014 #8

Yes, I think the earlier times were at lower altitude muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #9

More likely it came from Disney World . . . another_liberal Jul 2014 #10

What does Russia have to lose with the internet populated by apologists? joshcryer Jul 2014 #17

I don't think we are even talking about the same thing . . . another_liberal Jul 2014 #26

Says Epcot Center quip guy... joshcryer Jul 2014 #27

We have a Gobbels wanna be davidpdx Jul 2014 #29

Seems like it. joshcryer Jul 2014 #30

and I'm not talking about this type of gobble gobble davidpdx Jul 2014 #32

Seems like it. joshcryer Jul 2014 #31

When did a surface to air missile become a "rocket"? Seems conflation of words is on purpose.... Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #11

The overwhelming majority of missiles are rockets muriel_volestrangler Jul 2014 #12

Missile are not generally referred to as rockets, in warfare, rockets is more general. Why call a Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #13

The BBC is using quotation marks jakeXT Jul 2014 #14

That is what I am talking about. AP is a news aggregator, you can use their stories and even Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #15

"you saw TOMATO I saw TOM�TO..." awake Jul 2014 #22

So the rockets from Hamas are actually missiles, just like these SAM's? I see a connection in Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #23

And you point is? awake Jul 2014 #25

Ukrainian military plane shot down; pro-Russian separatists take responsibility bemildred Jul 2014 #21