The accident happened in the Bryansk region, 65 km from the Ukrainian border. According to the Russian regional governor, a woman was hospitalized and “five houses damaged”.
At least one Russian army Mi-8 helicopter crashed in a border region with Ukraine on Saturday, killing two people on board, according to the rescue services, without the cause being clearly clarified at this time. Stadion.
“Two people were killed in the crash of the Mi-8 helicopter,” Russian rescuers said, according to the TASS news agency.
“The helicopter crashed in the city of Klintsy due to an engine fire, according to preliminary data,” another source told TASS.
The accident happened in the town of Klintsy, Bryansk region, 65 km from the Ukrainian border.
There is currently no comment from the Department of Defense
According to regional governor Alexandre Bogomaz, a woman was hospitalized and “damaged five houses,” without giving further details.
However, according to a Russian occupation official in Ukraine, Vladimir Rogov, it is actually a total of “two Russian Mi-8s, one Su-35 and one Su-34” that were “shot down” and “the pilots of helicopters and…” Su-34 killed”.
However, these claims have not been denied or confirmed by the relevant authorities, including the Russian Defense Ministry, which has not commented on the incidents at this time.
The authenticity of videos circulating on social media showing a helicopter caught on fire in mid-air and visibly hit by a projectile has not been independently confirmed by AFP.
An area that is already under attack
On the Ukrainian side, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk welcomed the fact that “Russians are very unhappy today”. “We can understand them: two fighters and two helicopters down,” she added, without saying more.
“Justice (…) and karma,” said Mykhaïlo Podoliak, adviser to the Ukrainian Presidency, on Twitter, reiterating that the four Russian planes would attack “the civilian population of the Chernivtsi region” in northern Ukraine.
The Bryansk region, which borders Ukraine, was the target of a Ukrainian bombing raid in late April that killed four people, and the area has recently been the target of drone strikes and rail sabotage.