KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's anti-aircraft units have held their first missile tests in the Crimea peninsula since a Russian passenger plane was shot down in 2001 and two of the latest tests went wrong, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.
Ministry spokesman Ihor Khalyavinsky told Reuters one missile exploded on launch and a second veered off from its planned trajectory and self-destructed during tests this week. No one was hurt.
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