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Ukrainian missile downed Russian plane
Ukrainian Defence Minister Olexander Kuzmuk on Saturday acknowledged that a Ukrainian missile sent a Russian airliner crashing into the Black Sea on October 4, killing all 76 passengers on board and crew.
Ukrainian Defence Minister Olexander Kuzmuk on Saturday acknowledged that a Ukrainian missile sent a Russian airliner crashing into the Black Sea on October 4, killing all 76 passengers on board and crew.
"We know were are implicated" in the mid-air explosion that brought the plane down, the minister said, adding that the exact cause of the tragedy had not yet been established.
On Friday, Russian investigators concluded that the Tu-154 airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk had been hit by a missile warhead. "The commission will continue to examine the plane's wreckage and the steel remains of the missile's payload ... to determine the type of missile and its trajectory," Security Council chief Vladimir Rushailo, who led the investigation, told Interfax news agency. We know were are implicated" in the mid-air explosion that brought the plane down, the minister said, adding that the exact cause of the tragedy had not yet been established.
On Friday, Russian investigators concluded that the Tu-154 airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk had been hit by a missile warhead. "The commission will continue to examine the plane's wreckage and the steel remains of the missile's payload ... to determine the type of missile and its trajectory," Security Council chief Vladimir Rushailo, who led the investigation, told Interfax news agency. Bureau Report
"We know were are implicated" in the mid-air explosion that brought the plane down, the minister said, adding that the exact cause of the tragedy had not yet been established.
On Friday, Russian investigators concluded that the Tu-154 airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk had been hit by a missile warhead. "The commission will continue to examine the plane's wreckage and the steel remains of the missile's payload ... to determine the type of missile and its trajectory," Security Council chief Vladimir Rushailo, who led the investigation, told Interfax news agency. We know were are implicated" in the mid-air explosion that brought the plane down, the minister said, adding that the exact cause of the tragedy had not yet been established.
On Friday, Russian investigators concluded that the Tu-154 airliner flying from Tel Aviv to Novosibirsk had been hit by a missile warhead. "The commission will continue to examine the plane's wreckage and the steel remains of the missile's payload ... to determine the type of missile and its trajectory," Security Council chief Vladimir Rushailo, who led the investigation, told Interfax news agency. Bureau Report