Two Ukrainian Gunship helicopters shot down by MANPADS in Eastern Ukraine

On March 9, 2014 we had reported that MANPADS had gone stolen in Ukraine. Are these the sames ones which were used here?

Ukraine - Several 9K38 Igla SA-18 Grouse MANPADS man-portable missile systems stolen from Ukraine's 80th airmobile regiment

http://www.asiandefencenews.com/2014/03/ukraine-several-9k38-igla-sa-18-grouse.html



According to the Ukrainian authorities, two Mil Mi-24 Hind helicopters were shot down by “unknown persons by means of man-portable air defense system (PZRK)” overnight into May 2.As a result two servicemen of the Ukrainian Armed forces died and several were injured.

Furthermore, one Mi-8 Hip helicopter of Army Aviation, Ukrainian Armed Forces, was damaged by small arms fire.Whilst four persons were arrested for the downing, it is clear that MANPADS (Man Portable Air Defense Systems) are going to be a factor against poorly equipped (and trained?) Ukrainian gunships

Russia to complete technical inspection of "confiscated" Ukrainian ships by 2014 year end

The technical inspection of Ukrainian naval units that joined the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be completed by the end of 2014 published by the news agency RIA Novosti (RN).

According to a source within the Black Sea Fleet of the process is going to last a reasonable time, but the Fleet Administration hopes will be completed by the end of 2014.

The source also said that so far the most operationally ready units, of art, are the Corvettes: Ternopil (U209), Lutsk (U205) and K hmelnitsky . Other vessels in a high state of readiness is the ship convoy Slavutich as well as two landing ships the Kostyantyn Olshansky and Kirovograd.

Regarding the operational readiness of Ternopil, the ship had been prepared to develop in April in the sea of ​​Aden where would perform patrols to tackle piracy. The Black Sea Fleet, had his doubts about the operational status of several ships at anchor in the Bay of Sevastopol Streletskaya, including minelayer.

These ships have made several trips to the open sea where we have some doubts about the navigability the source added.

Su-24M fighter of Ukrainian Air Force's 7th Tactical Brigade crash lands , crew safely ejects

A Su-24M fighter belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force's 7th Tactical Brigade crashed while approaching to land during a planned flight in the area of the Starokostyantyniv airfield in the Khmelnytsky region at 17:15 p.m. on March 21, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported.

The crew consisting of the squadron commander and a navigator ejected safely."There are no casualties or destruction, and the plane's crew was not injured," it said.A special commission is investigating the causes of the crash.

Ukrainian AF Still in Control of Crimean Air Space

Chief of Radio Technical Troops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force (AF) Command, Col. Serhiy Vyshnevsky, denied claims that the Ukrainian AF had lost control over the Crimean air space.

According to him, the Ukrainian AF military units and formations deployed in Crimea are currently blocked and cannot provide full information. Meanwhile, it does not mean they have lost control over the air space, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said in a release.

Soviet TU-95 Bomber Aircraft For Sale on eBay, Ad disappears after some time

The eBay ad, before it disappeared . Seems to be a fallout of the confusion currently in Ukraine.

A Soviet-era bomber aircraft "in very good condition" has been put up for sale on the internet auction site eBay, with a starting price of only $3m (£1.8m).The Tupolev TU-95MS has flown for just over 454 hours of the 5,000 hours it is capable of, according to the posting, and bears the insignia of both the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian air force.


Wikipedia refence says Ukraine has one Tu-95
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-95

 Ukraine

• 1 Tu-95MS in museum.^[32]
• Ukrainian Air Force: Retired from military service.

We could trace back the plane to be auctioned to this museum:

http://www.doroga.ua/poi/Poltavskaya/Poltava/Muzej_daljnej_aviacii/1304

Is this the same plane that is up for Auction?

http://www.doroga.ua/Handlers/ContentImageHandler.ashx?CatalogPOIContentImageID=5624&Size=Big

http://www.doroga.ua/Handlers/ContentImageHandler.ashx?CatalogPOIContentImageID=5622&Size=Big

Ukraine troop deployment approved by Russian parliament

Russia's upper house of parliament has approved President Putin's request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine.Russia's Black Sea Fleet is based in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, where many ethnic Russians live.

Ukraine has reacted angrily to days of military movements in Crimea, accusing Moscow of trying to provoke the new government into an armed conflict.

Ukrainian officials and some Western diplomats said that a Russian military intervention is already well underway after heavily armed gunmen in unmarked military uniforms seized control of local government buildings, airports and other strategic facilities in Crimea in recent days.