Video posted online appeared to show the tanks in the Donetsk area . NEW : Source : An Ilyushin-76 military transport plane is shot down near Luhansk . The pilot ejects and parachutes to the ground, but dies in a hospital shortly after. City 's residents are no longer blocking Ukrainian security forces , official says . 3 Russian tanks cross border , go to Donetsk , he says ; Russia denies this claim to BBC .
NEW : Source : An Ilyushin-76 military transport plane is shot down near Luhansk . The pilot ejects and parachutes to the ground, but dies in a hospital shortly after. City 's residents are no longer blocking Ukrainian security forces , official says . 3 Russian tanks cross border , go to Donetsk , he says ; Russia denies this claim to BBC .