Eighteen people were killed as Russian military helicopter crashed in Chechnya. Russian news agencies citing unidentified officials reported that Chechen rebels shot down the helicopter, which was carrying out an operation near the town of Shatoi in southern Chechnya.
The Mi-8 helicopter went down while flying to southern Chechnya as part of an operation against militants, an official at the regional branch of the Emergency Situations Ministry said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give his name to the media.
He said preliminary indications were that the helicopter was shot down.
According to the reports, the dead included three crew members and 14 soldiers. - Pravda.ru
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