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The Russian government-funded [400] TV network RT initially said that the airliner may have been shot down by Ukraine in a failed attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin, in a plot which was organised by Ukraine's "Western backers". This was quickly dismissed as Putin's flight route was hundreds of kilometres north of Ukraine.
According to the Flight Safety Foundation's Aviation Safety Network, it would be the third major shooting down of a civilian aircraft linked to armed conflict since 2014, along with Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752. [108] [109] Iran Air Flight 655 was shot down near a war zone in 1988. [110]
Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 (PS752/AUI752) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Tehran to Kyiv, operated by Ukraine International Airlines.On 8 January 2020, the Boeing 737-800 flying the route was shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shortly after takeoff, [4] [5] [6] killing all 176 occupants on board.
Ukraine says it shot down a Russian spy plane and airborne command center over the Azov Sea, a significant blow to Vladimir Putin's military. Ukraine says it shot down 2 Russian command planes, a ...
Former President George W. Bush condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a historic disaster and called for Americans to stand united in the face of strongman Vladimir Putin’s aggression.
Their mission was to negotiate with the authorities controlling the region in eastern Ukraine where Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) was shot down on 17 July 2014. [1] [2] Malaysia, maintaining neutrality and friendly relations with both NATO-aligned and pro-Russian factions, chose to operate independently in the war zone. This covert ...
A Russian military Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane has crashed near Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, while carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war, Russian authorities said Wednesday.
An An-30B surveillance plane, bort number Yellow 80, was shot down with two shoulder-launched missiles. 3 crewmen survived, 5 died. [7] [8] 14 June 2014: An Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane was shot down as it approached an airport in Luhansk, killing nine crew members and 40 troops on board. [9] 2 July 2014