Monday, July 21, 2014

Ukrainian Su-25 Warplane Detected Heading Toward Malaysian Boeing

http://en.itar-tass.com http://itar-tass.com Head of the Main Operations Department of the Russian Army General Staff says records show that the Ukrainian Air Force plane ascended to the distance of 3-5 km from the Malaysian Boeing Russian air data records indicate that a Ukrainian Su-25 warplane might have been flying towards the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane on the day when it crashed in eastern Ukraine on July 17, Lieutenant-General Andrei Kartapolov, head of the Main Operations Department of the Russian Army General Staff, said at a news conference on Monday, July 21. “Records show that the Ukrainian Air Force plane ascended to the distance of 3-5 km from the Malaysian Boeing,” he said. “The Su-25 can fly at altitudes of up to 10 km. It is armed with P-60 air-to-air missiles that can hit targets at a distance of up to 12 km and reliably within 5 km.” “This is borne out by the video footage obtained by the Rostov monitoring center.



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