July 15, 2014 rebels shot down AN-26 Ukrainian Air Force.
ukraine news channel :
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An 26
Service ceiling(flight height): 7,500 m (24,600 ft)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-26
stinger or other russian analog is shoot in higth 4500 m - max
BUK is shoot in higth up to 14 000-18000 m - max
before rebels say that he have BUK at different information sources, they captured the Ukrainian military base with the air defense
July 17, 2014 Russian television said that the rebels shot down two AN26 Ukrainian armed forces, but it be a Boeing.