On the territory of Ukraine, a Malaysian passenger airliner was shot down.

It was reported that the plane carried out an air flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, and on its board there were 295 people, mostly Dutch citizens. In view of the fact that the passenger airliner made a flight at an altitude of 10 thousand meters and was shot down by a guided missile, the survivors on board were absolutely not likely. It is noted that the wreckage of an aircraft of the type Boeing 777 Scattered in a radius of several tens of kilometers.

At the moment the causes of the tragedy are being investigated. According to the official Kiev, the passenger airliner was shot down from the Buk air defense system, according to the militia of the Luhansk People's Republic, the plane was shot down by a military fighter  Su-27, Which, as confirmed by the official authorities of Ukraine, were in the area today.

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