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?A Ukraine Air Force military jet was detected gaining height, it?s distance from the Malaysian Boeing was 3 to 5km,? said the head of the Main Operations Directorate of the HQ of Russia?s military forces, Lieutenant-General Andrey Kartopolov speaking at a media conference in Moscow on Monday.
?[We] would like to get an explanation as to why the military jet was flying along a civil aviation corridor at almost the same time and at the same level as a passenger plane,? he stated.
?The SU-25 fighter jet can gain an altitude of 10km, according to its specification,? he added. ?It?s equipped with air-to-air R-60 missiles that can hit a target at a distance up to 12km, up to 5km for sure.?