2 Ukrainian military fighter jets shot down

KYIV, Ukraine -- Two Ukrainian military fighter jets have been shot down in the east, according to the country's Defence Ministry.

The Sukhoi-25 fighters were shot down 1:30 p.m. local time Wednesday over an area called Savur Mogila.

Defence Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky says the planes may have been carrying up to two crew members each.

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  In this framegrab made from a video, pro-Russians collect parts of the burning debris of a Ukrainian military fighter jet, shot down at Savur Mogila, eastern Ukraine, Wednesday, July 23, 2014. (icorpus.ru / Press Service of the rebel Donetsk People's Republic)

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  Two Ukrainian SU-25 fighter jets, similar to the one pictured above, has been shot down in the eastern part of the country.