Four crew members were killed in a Mi-8 military helicopter crash on May 29, at 11:27 pm, near the village of Sestriatyn, Radivilovsky district, in Ukraine’s Rivne Oblast. This is stated in the message of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook.
“Late on Wednesday, May 29, at 11:27 pm, during a training flight was lost the communication with the MI-8 helicopter. As a result of an accident four crew members were killed along with the commander of the 16th separate brigade of army aviation of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the statement reads.
A commission of the Ministry of Defense, the General Staff and the Ground Forces Command left for the scene to clarify the circumstances of accident.
Investigative and operational actions are carried out.
As The Journalist reported, military exercise under Ukraine-NATO program kicks-off in Rivne, Ukraine.
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