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Missile that downed a ukrainian fighter plane with the pilot ejecting to safety, but the plane was destroyed. now we don't have confirmation of that. but what it is is an indication of the heated war footing that this region is on. it's a tinderbox, and an incident like the one today would inflame this region. this is the larger story here. how to contain this so that it doesn't spread. because sometimes wars do get started. we know 100 years ago, for instance, in 1914, world war i was kicked off when, you know, the arch duke france ferdinand. he wasn't even running the austri hungarian empire...

Might have to reassess, even if was a ukrainian separatist he's got to step down because this is an international incident. >> sanctions yesterday, a plane shot down today. how do you separate the two? >> again, i would be surprised if putin gave a direct order. i think if it were a russian who did it it was probably some commander out in the field who had orders if any planes come from ukraine toward russia, we need to do something about it. they just weren't thinking most likely it was one of the separatists. don't forget, they shot down a ukrainian yesterday, a fighter plane, so they've bee...

>> i mean, for, again, i keep coming back to the fact that there were 280 people on board this plane, there were 15 crew members on board this plane, 295 people in all. i'm not even sure how to ask this question, and maybe just think about how you would answer it. i mean, are they killed instantly? i mean, is -- >> it is a painful question, and it is asked, you know, after each event. on something like this where it appears as though the plane came undone at a high altitude, most likely death would be instantaneously. on kal007 where it was shot down by a russian fighter plane, the plane strug...

The other plane was a vintage british fighter plane and that was able to safely land after it flew for 40 minutes to an airport. the other plane spiraled out of control and crashed into the bay. debris has been locatessed and it's presumed to be from the plane. they were on their way home from this air show when the accident happened. u.s. and european allies expected to step up sanctions on russia. president obama says the goal isn't to go after russian president vladimir putin personally, but to talk at the russian economy. >> we are going to be moving forward with an expanded list of indi...

Pro-russian militants are gaining ground. this was the scene today in one eastern city. demonstrators there attacked and overran that police station. in many cases police have stepped aside to let demonstrators in. this violence comes after a deadline said by the ukrainian government passed with no action. the acting president had warned of an anti-terror operation if militants didn't surrender. now there's this news coming from the pentagon concerning a russian fighter plane and the "u sr " " "uss donald cook." barbara starr joins us with details. >> reporter: this happened on saturday one of...