Terrorists Tried to Shoot Down Ukrainian Plane over Khartsyzsk Using Buk System. The Aircraft Shook off the Lock-on and Landed in Estimated Area

The terrorists tried to down Ukrainian plane over Khartsyzsk town today. The aircraft has cleared off the lock-on of the missile launched from Buk launch system vehicle.

ATO Speaker Oleksii Dmytrashkivskii reports this, Censor.NET informs, citing UNIAN.

"This information (about a Ukrainian plane downed by the terrorists, - Ed.) is unreliable. There were no downed aircrafts. Our plane got to the pointing of Buk system during the flyoff but the plane safely shook off the lock-on and landed in the schedule area," Dmytrashkivskii said. The ATO speaker explained that people could mix up white marks in the sky with parachutists.

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Earlier, several media reported refering to eyewitnesses that a Ukrainian plane was hit in the area of Khartsyzsk.