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The authorities of the self-declared republic have decided to close the airport.
Only hirelings are still in the city, press secretary of the anti-terrorist operation Vladislav Seleznyov reports.
According to Guinness World Records, Alexander Imich was over 111 years old.
The plane has been brought down today, on June 6. Nothing has been reported about the pilots’ fate.
They have met before the official dinner given by French President François Hollande.
Pro-Russia militants demand to release a Russian FSB activist who was captured by Ukrainian soldiers the day before.
The Russian president says he would like to develop the country within its current borders.
The G7 leaders met in Brussels on Wednesday evening, with the situation in Ukraine high on the agenda.
Ukraine president-elect is set to sign a free-trade deal with EU, Petro Poroshenko's press office said on June 4.