Military helicopter shot down

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In Slavyansk shot down a military helicopter Mi-8

May 29. The National Guard of Ukraine has confirmed the information about the helicopter shot down during the battle near the city of Slavic Mi-8, resulting in the death of 12 soldiers and one general.

It is reported that a military helicopter was fired upon with small arms, including from large-caliber machine guns, with the result that there was a failure of one of the engines and the helicopter began to rapidly lose altitude. Defenders of the city of Slavyansk reported that they had two helicopters were shot down, but the official authorities this information is not confirmed.

It is worth noting that earlier, during several previous assaults, the people's militia of Slavyansk had already shot down 3 military helicopters - 2 Mi-8 helicopters and a Mi-24.

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