A helicopter crashed in the Bryansk region of Russia, on the border with Ukraine, emergency services reported with reference to TASS, Reuters reports.
According to the Russian news agency TASS, the helicopter caught fire and crashed.
It is reported that the helicopter crashed in Klintsy, Bryansk region of Russia. It is reported that before falling it circled over the city for a long time, then there was an explosion and after that it fell on a house in the private sector. pic.twitter.com/mQEKSQTvTr
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“The helicopter crashed in the city of Klinti, according to preliminary data, due to an engine fire,” the source of the agency said.
According to the city authorities, there were no civilian casualties or damage in the area where the helicopter fell, TASS reports.
Emergency services reported that two people died as a result of the accident.
Despite official claims, videos posted on Russian social media on Saturday appeared to show the helicopter allegedly being shot down, Reuters reported.
A video posted on the Russian pro-war Telegram channel Voennyi Opoznozatel, which has nearly half a million subscribers, shows the helicopter exploding overhead, knocking it off course, and then falling to the ground in flames.
Comments on the video, which Reuters could not verify, said the vehicle, a Russian-made Mi-8 transport helicopter, had been shot down by a missile.
Other images published by the channel show debris in an agricultural field.
The incident comes shortly after two Russian pilots were killed in a plane crash involving a Russian military helicopter that crashed in Crimea on Friday.
Source: Hot News
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