Reports: Malaysian Airlines jet downed over eastern Ukraine

The Ukrainian online newspaper Ukrainska pravda reports contact was suddenly lost with a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane en route from Amsterdam to the Malaysian capital. According to unofficial reports, the plane was shot down and fell near the settlement of Grabovo. Later reports suggested the incident happened neat the city of Shaktiorsk.

Yesterday, a Ukrainian military plane on a mission over the Ukrainian territory was shot down at the altitude of over 6000 meters. Kyiv said the plane was shot down by a Russian military jet.

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