Fighting the genocide: Lugansk self-defense fighters shoot down another Su-25 jet sent by Kiev

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DPR self-defense forces have downed a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25

Independence supporters have downed a Ukrainian Air Force Su-25 Frogfoot attack plane over the Luhansk region late on Wednesday, a spokesman for the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine said.

Earlier a number of media reports suggested that a war plane had been shot down in the region.

"Today a Su-25 attack aircraft has been

shot down while on a combat mission

. The fate of the pilot is unknown yet but hope remains that he will be alright," Andriy Lysenko told Ukrainian news channel 112.ua.

In early August,

independence supporters

in the self-proclaimed

Donetsk People's Republic

confirmed they had downed a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft. Late last month, the militia shot down two Su-25 planes. Both pilots ejected.