The plane crash of two Ukrainian helicopters in the Donbass was confirmed by the Armed Forces.
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In the Donetsk region on August 29, two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters crashed during a combat mission. It is preliminary known about six dead, but this information needs to be clarified. This was stated by the head of the press service of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ilya Yevlash, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine.
According to him, it is now unknown what caused the fall of two helicopters in the Kramatorsk region. But there is information that at that time the Russian Su-35 fighter took off, and Ukrainian helicopters were landing. Helicopters landed to protect themselves from a possible defeat.
Yes, indeed, there was a plane crash involving two Mi-8 helicopters. They were on a combat mission. While they were performing a mission in the air, there was a hostile Su-35 fighter, Yevlash noted.
Law enforcement officers are now establishing the details and circumstances of what exactly caused the plane crash.
Recall that on August 29, six pilots of the 18th separate army aviation brigade named after Sikorsky died in the Bakhmut direction, since two Mi-8 helicopters fell under unknown circumstances.
Source: RBC-Ukraine
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