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2 Ukrainian military fighter jets shot down in eastern Ukraine
Fox News ^ | 7/23/14 | FoxNews

Posted on 07/23/2014 5:01:03 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo

KIEV, Ukraine – Two Ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down in the east, according to the country's Defense Ministry.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: mh17; shotdown; ukraine
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1 posted on 07/23/2014 5:01:04 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

The President will find out about it on MSNBC on Monday.


2 posted on 07/23/2014 5:03:45 AM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: Cruz_West_Paul2016

Can’t ignore this. Didn’t happen on Friday afternoon.


3 posted on 07/23/2014 5:04:44 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

right,if this had happened on a Friday,Bambi would of found out about it on Wednesday after 6 days of fund-raising.


4 posted on 07/23/2014 5:06:25 AM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

It is a war zone.


5 posted on 07/23/2014 5:07:51 AM PDT by dforest
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I guess the big question now is who shot them down...
6 posted on 07/23/2014 5:11:45 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I thought they declared a cease fire zone there.


7 posted on 07/23/2014 5:12:14 AM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie often enough the weak minded will accept it to be truth.)
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To: Abathar

And what the response will be...


8 posted on 07/23/2014 5:12:34 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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To: Abathar

I guess the big question now is who shot them down...
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Don’t worry CNN will get right on it. /s


9 posted on 07/23/2014 5:16:22 AM PDT by RetSignman (obama: "For the love of Alinsky, how much more do I have to do to get them to impeach me"?)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

And what the response will be...
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“Uhhhh,looks like we may have a workplace related plane crash in the Ukraine”.Uhhr,and Uhh,It might be a possible tragedy.


10 posted on 07/23/2014 5:17:33 AM PDT by Cruz_West_Paul2016
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

So since the thugs of Donetsk don’t have an air force [unless you want to count the Russian one], and Russia denies having supplied SAMs to the thugs, then how were they shot down???


11 posted on 07/23/2014 5:26:04 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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Side issue, Su-25s are not fighter planes.

I do tire of the media’s military definitions.

Fighter = All military aircraft with <4 engines

Tank = All armored vehicles

Battleship = Frigates, destroyers, cruisers, and sometimes aircraft carriers

Aircraft carrier = anything you can fit 3 or more helicopters on

Soldier = anyone in uniform

Naval officer = 3rd class petty officers and up

Ballistic missile = every missile that isn’t shoulder fired

Missile = Anything that comes off an aircraft

Bomb = Anything that comes off an aircraft

Pilot = Any member of an aircraft’s crew

Military ranks = too confusing to mention


12 posted on 07/23/2014 5:28:01 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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AK-47 = any kind of firearm longer than 18 inches.


13 posted on 07/23/2014 5:33:38 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Were they practicing shadowing a commercial airliner?


14 posted on 07/23/2014 5:37:59 AM PDT by McGruff (If you tell a lie often enough the weak minded will accept it to be truth.)
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Story has been updated. Same link.


15 posted on 07/23/2014 5:51:08 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Please $upport Free Republic.)
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16 posted on 07/23/2014 5:59:51 AM PDT by SJackson (government tampers with a freedom so fundamental, one shudders to think what lies ahead. Card Dolan)
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“I thought they declared a cease fire zone there.”.....

Only on the ground, anything above 500 feet is fair game.


17 posted on 07/23/2014 6:09:42 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

This is impossible because Putin told us the separatists don’t have anti-aircraft missiles.


18 posted on 07/23/2014 6:19:31 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (The GOP-e scum enlisted Democrats to steal the Republican primary. The GOP-e can go to Hell.)
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To: Uncle Chip
Ever heard of MANPADs and AA guns? No need for SAM to shoot a fighter jet down.

Air support fighter jets usually fly below 15,000ft, military transports also, well in the range of AAA and MANDPADs.

You love to call people who defend their homes from illegal junta "thugs".

So, I believe your heart is on the side of Ukrainian Nazis who burn people alive and murdered hundreds of civilians so far. Your choice. Only make sure you find better arguments to defend it.

19 posted on 07/23/2014 6:36:43 AM PDT by DTA
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To: SampleMan

Great summary and very true.


20 posted on 07/23/2014 6:45:13 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.q)
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