NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Two Ukrainian fighter jets have been shot down in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine, the country's defense ministry announced Wednesday. Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksiy Dmitrashkovsky said the Sukhoi-25 fighters were shot down in an area called Savur Mogila, Reuters and the Associated Press reported. That is close to the Russian border and is not far from where Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was brought down. Up to two crew members may have been aboard each jet.