Using highly sophisticated surface-to-air missiles, Kremlin-backed rebels shot down a Ukrainian Ilyushin-76 military-transport aircraft, as it prepared to land at an airport in the eastern city of Luhansk early Saturday, killing all 49 servicemen on board.
Mashable: Pro-Russian rebels shoot down Ukrainian plane, attack border guards
Pro-Russia militants ride in the bed of a truck near a military post in Donetsk in May.