Involved in a special operation in the East of Ukraine security officials reported the death of 49 people in the result of the fall of the military transport plane Il-76, according to one version, downed by militia near the city of Lugansk, informs on the first day weekend Reuters.

The Agency points out the source of the messenger of special operations of the Ukrainian security forces in the East of the country Vladyslav Seleznyov.

before the first day of the weekend, the Ministry of defence of Ukraine said that the militias coming in for a landing in the Lugansk airport the plane with Ukrainian military, according to unverified data, some killed, their number in the message was not specified.

according to some media reports, the plane could be from 30 to 49 people. Confirmation of this information from other sources have been reported.

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numerous anti-government protests were started in the South-Eastern regions of Ukraine at the end of February 2014. It has been the response of local citizens at the forcible change of power in the country and the subsequent attempt to cancel the Verkhovna Rada of the law, giving the Russian language regional status. The center of confrontation between Pro-Russian-minded people with the government in Kiev has become the Donbass. About that, how is the conflict in the South-East of Ukraine.

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