CNN: Massive Explosion Over Kiev Was Russians Shooting Down Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 [UPDATE]

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Feb. 24, 2022

UPDATE: CNN reported Thursday night that the massive explosion seen over Ukraine's capitol city of Kiev was from a Russian anti-air battery parked in the city's suburbs shooting down a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet.

Viral posts on social media initially claimed the explosion was from Ukrainians shooting down a Russian plane.

CNN reporting now the explosion over Kyiv tonight was a Ukrainian SU-27 shot down by Russian anti-air battery in the city's suburbs. Ukraine has lost the skies over its capital. Grim.
— Paul McLeary (@paulmcleary) February 25, 2022

BREAKING UPDATE: CNN reports the downed object was a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 shot out of the sky by Russian missiles.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 25, 2022

Videos show what appears to be flares falling to the ground together with a giant ball of fire.

A #Russian aircraft shot down by #Ukrainian air defenses falls on residential areas in #Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/kNR9yFwSGv
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 25, 2022

KYIV UNDER ATTACK: Video appears to show Ukrainian air defence intercept hostile Russian forces.

pic.twitter.com/JLambHhQzb
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 25, 2022

Whatever was shot down over Kyiv was pretty big pic.twitter.com/aV6a3VwPgX
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 25, 2022

Explosion starts at 45 seconds:

Video filmed by someone on the Ground of what appears to be a Russian Aircraft getting shot down by Air Defense Systems over Kyiv about 30 minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/lQBRGGbI5X
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) February 25, 2022

BREAKING: Apartment complex in Kyiv hit by debris from falling plane; no word on casualties pic.twitter.com/jufAnGFeql
— BNO News (@BNONews) February 25, 2022

Kyiv now (Source: Anton Geraschenko) pic.twitter.com/1ps0CmIwWV
— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) February 25, 2022

Breaking: Webcam video shows large explosion in Kyiv, Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/VKcOsIatHA
— PM Breaking News (@PMBreakingNews) February 25, 2022

There was another incident earlier where Russian helicopters were allegedly filmed dodging Ukrainian anti-air missiles with perfectly timed flares.

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