The self-defense forces of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, have reported that the Ukrainian Su-24 plane that bombed the building of a local police station at 4:30 a.m. Kiev time has been shot down.

SU-24 military aircraft
© RIA Novosti/Igor ZaremboSU-24 military aircraft
"We have managed to shoot down a Su-24 plane. The pilot ejected. He is now being questioned in the self-defense forces' headquarters," the Gorlovka self-defense forces' representative told Interfax. He also added that the Ukrainian army had bombed the city of Druzhkovka last night.

According to earlier reports, one person was killed and six were wounded in an air strike by the Ukrainian Air Force in the city of Gorlovka. "One person was killed and six were wounded in an air strike by the Ukrainian Air Force in Gorlovka. The police station and the nearby residential buildings were badly damaged," the report says.