The accident took place 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 on Saturday in a region bordering Ukraine, killing two people on board, the emergency services announced, without the causes being clearly established at this time. stadium.
“As a result of the crash of the Mi-8 helicopter, two people were killed,” said Russian relief, quoted by the TASS news agency.
“The helicopter crashed in the town of Klintsy, according to preliminary data, due to an engine fire,” another source told TASS.
The accident took place in the town of Klintsy, in the Bryansk region, 65 km from the Ukrainian border.
No comment from the Ministry of Defense at this stage
According to the regional governor, Alexandre Bogomaz, a woman was hospitalized and “five houses damaged”, 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, a Su-35 and a Su-34” which “were shot down” and “the pilots of helicopters and Su-34 killed”.
However, these claims have not been denied or confirmed by the competent authorities – including the Russian Ministry of Defense which has not commented on these incidents at this stage.
The authenticity of videos circulating on social networks showing a helicopter catching fire in the air, visibly hit by a projectile, could not be independently confirmed by AFP.
An area already under attack
On the Ukrainian side, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk welcomed the fact that “the Russians are very unhappy today”. “We can understand them: two hunters and two helicopters less,” she added, without saying more.
“Justice (…) and karma”, for his part declared on Twitter Mykhaïlo Podoliak, adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, affirming that the four Russian machines were going to strike “the civilian population of the Chernuigiv region”, in the north from Ukraine.
The Briansk region, which borders Ukraine, was the target of a Ukrainian bombardment at the end of April which killed four people and the area has recently been the target of drone attacks and railway sabotage.
