May 2. It is officially confirmed that two military helicopters were shot down during the assault on the city of Slavyansk Mi-24, Killing 2 person.
It is reported that the air vehicles were hit during the landing of the landing from a helicopter Mi-8 close to the city. According to the official report, one air car was hit by anti-aircraft portable complex, and the other was fired from automatic weapons, which also results in lost control and fell.
According to the Self-Defense Forces of Slavyansk city helicopters came under fire after it fired rockets type ATGM defending the positions, but the official Kiev denies this information.