Ukraine's new president vowed to "punish" pro-Russian insurgents on Saturday after they shot down a transport aircraft, killing 49 people in the bloodiest loss for the security forces since the rebellion began.
The Ilyushin-76 (IL-76) was destroyed as it came in to land at Luhansk airport shortly before 1am local time.
Footage from a CCTV camera shows an explosion lighting up the night sky over the city, followed by a second detonation apparently caused by the plane hitting the ground.
There is no sign of anti-aircraft gunfire in the sequence. Footage taken from a second camera then shows a fire burning fiercely on the ground, apparently from the site of the crash outside Luhansk.
This evidence has not been independently verified, but it would be consistent with the plane being destroyed by a shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile.
The Telegraph
The Telegraph
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