Vladimir Shkidchenko

FILE -- Ukraine's defence minister Vladimir Shkidchenko is seen on this file photo taken in Kiev, Ukraine, November 14, 2001. Ukraine's Defence Ministry denied any possibility of accidental missile attack against Israeli passenger plane, after a pilot of the El Al Israel Air national carrier flying over eastern Ukraine reported seeing a missile fired from the ground early hours Friday. According to Ukraine's Defence Ministry, there were no military training with shooting across Ukraine at that time, although the ministry created a special group to check the incident. Photo by Valeriya Soloveva/ UNIAN