Putin offered condolences to families of victims in Mi-8 crash in Yamal
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has offered condolences to families of the victims in the crash of a Mil Mi-8 helicopter in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District and wished soonest recovery to the injured, Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said today. “The president has offered condolences to the families of the passengers and crew, who died in the helicopter crash in Yamal,” he said. “The president also wished soonest...
Russian Mi-8, carrying humanitarian cargo, under fire in Syria
Russia’s Mil Mi-8 helicopter carrying humanitarian cargo got under fire on Saturday morning in Syria’s Hama, no victims have been reported, the Russian reconciliation center told reporters. “At about 11:00, in the Hama Province (the Syrian Arab Republic) a Russian transport helicopter Mi-8, which delivered humanitarian cargo accompanies by officers of the Russian reconciliation center, got under fire from militants of IS...
Russian Mi-8 Crew Bodies Held by “Jabhat Fatah al Sham” Terrorist Group in Aleppo
The bodies of the crew from the Russian Mi-8 helicopter downed in Syria are held by the Jabhat Fatah al Sham group (previously known as Nusra Front, banned in Russia) in southeastern Aleppo region, a source close to the Aleppo militia command today. “The Russians’ bodies are with the Nusra Front…two or three bodies are held by the terrorists,” the source told RIA Novosti. The Mi-8 tragedy took place in the...
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