It wasn't so long ago that Ukraine shot a Russian airliner down (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not): http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/world/after-9-days-ukrai

It wasn't so long ago that Ukraine shot a Russian airliner down (perhaps accidentally, perhaps not): http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/world/after-9-days-ukraine-says-its-missile-hit-a-russian-jet.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/14/world/after-9-days-ukraine...