Seven servicemen were injured as a result of the shelling by the militants of an American helicopter.

This afternoon, it was reported that the American military helicopter UH-10 "Black Hawk" crashed on Sunday, 60 kilometers from the Syrian-Iraqi border.

The American media report that the aircraft flew from the Syrian side to one of the military air bases in Iraq, but due to technical problems, fell near the border. However, a few hours ago it became known that, in fact, a helicopter with American servicemen came under fire from militants of the "Islamic State" (ISIS, a terrorist group, whose activities are prohibited in Russia - approx. Avia.pro.) managed to take the aircraft out of Syrian airspace and emergency landing of the rotorcraft.

The state of seven servicemen is still unknown, except that at least five seriously injured and injured.

It should be clarified that the US military helicopter most likely carried out a combat mission near the territory controlled by the militants "IGIL" (on the bank of the Euphrates River - ed.) Where an offensive operation of the so-called "Western coalition" is currently taking place.