Moscow denies it shot at Ukrainian warplane - Tass


  • World
  • Thursday, 02 Feb 2017

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Black Sea naval command on Wednesday denied an allegation by Kiev that a Ukrainian AN-26 military cargo plane had been shot over the sea, Tass news agency cited the command as saying.

Ukraine said on Wednesday the pane had been shot at with a firearm from a Russian-controlled offshore gas rig.

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