KIEV, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Militia of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) in Ukraine's restive east have shot down a government air force plane, LPR leader Igor Plotnitsky said Tuesday.
According to a TASS report, the pilot of the warplane ejected.
The plane, presumably a Su-25 fighter jet, has crashed near the city of Irmino in Lugansk region, while militiamen are still searching for the pilot, Plotnitsky said.
