Self-defense forces destroy military jet, seven armored vehicles of Ukrainian army in Lugansk airport
8 July 2014, 13:52 -- The press service of the Lugansk People's Republic has reported the destruction of an Ilyushin Il-76 heavy military-transportation aircraft and seven armored personnel carriers of Ukrainian law enforcers near the Lugansk airport.
The Lugansk People's Republic official website said on Tuesday that the regional militia had conducted a successful operation in the area of the Lugansk airport controlled by the Ukrainian airmobile units.
Ukrainian military lost an Ilyushin Il-76 plane, seven armored personnel carriers, a mortar crew, an air defense launcher and five vehicles, the statement says.
The situation near Sverdlovsk is moderately tense; Ukrainian law enforcers are 'heavily bombing the city center and Ukrainian army soldiers are marauding and drinking,' the report says, Interfax reports.
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