No anti-aircraft weapons sent to 'our' Syrian "rebels" : Pentagon after downing Su-25

The US military has said no anti-aircraft weapons have been shipped to the militias it backs in Syria amid speculation the Russian Su-25 jet downed in Idlib, north-west Syria may have been shot down by a US-made missile.

Russian Su-25 jet downed in Syria, pilot killed – Defense Ministry

A Russian Su-25 jet has crashed in Idlib province in north-western Syria, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed, adding that it was probably shot down by MANPAD. The pilot ejected but was killed by militants on the ground.

Su-25 bomber jet evades ground-fire in Syria

A video of what appears to be a Russian Su-25 bomber jet being attacked by anti-aircraft fire from the ground has been published online.

Russian DM: Terrorists in Su-24 Search Operation Eliminated

Russian and Syrian military have killed terrorists in the search area of the downed Russian Su-24 jet, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.

Russia says air force hit Palmyra region in Syria

Russia's air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said Monday, as Moscow pressed on with its bombing campaign in Syria.

Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) to contact source claiming Ukrainian Su-25 shot down Malaysian Boeing

Russia’s Investigative Committee (IC) will look into the version of the Malaysian Boeing’s crash near Donetsk, Ukraine, last summer, published in Tuesday’s edition of the daily Komsomolskaya Pravda, IC spokesman Vladimir Markin told TASS.

14 fighter jets brought into service in Russia’s Crimea air regiment

An air regiment based at airfield Belbek near Russia’s Crimean federal city of Sevastopol was replenished with 14 warplanes.
Ten fighter jets Sukhoi Su-27 SM and four fighter jets Su-30 M2 flew to the air regiment from southern Russia’s Krasnodar territory on Wednesday.

Ukraine’s Security Council confirms Luhansk militias shoot down Ukrainian Su-25

Militia fighters in Ukraine’s Luhansk region shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 assault plane over Lugansk on Wednesday.

“A Su-25 plane was shot down today while making a combat sortie. The pilot’s fate is unknown,” Andrei Lysenko, the speaker of the information and analytical center of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said in a live interview with the 112 Ukraine television channel on Wednesday.

Ukraine : les miliciens ont abattu un autre avion

 Les miliciens de la République auto-proclamée populaire de Donetsk ont déclaré qu’ils avaient abattu un avion militaire ukrainien Su-25, indique RIA Novosti.

« Il se trouve entre les villes d’Enakievo et de Makeïevka », précise le siège de la milice, ajoutant que la recherche du pilote a été lancée.

Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (USA)

WASHINGTON: Senior US intelligence officials said on Tuesday that Russia was responsible for "creating the conditions" that led to the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, but they offered no evidence of direct Russian government involvement.

The intelligence officials were cautious in their assessment, noting that while the Russians have been arming separatists in eastern Ukraine, the US had no direct evidence that the missile used to shoot down the passenger jet came from Russia.

The officials briefed reporters Tuesday under ground rules that their names not be used in discussing intelligence related to last week's air disaster, which killed 298 people.

Malaysia Airlines Boeing deviates from route. A Ukrainian combat jet was detected flying close.(Russian Defense Ministry)

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 passenger plane deviated for 14 km from its route over Donetsk, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday, July 21, citing air data records.

It said the causes of the deviation could be determined only after the plane’s flight data records had been examined.

The ministry said three minutes had passed from the moment the plane had started to fall and until it disappeared from the radar screens.